Preferred Label : bulging fissure sign;
Definition : Lung fissure below an enlarged, consolidated lobe bulges downward on a frontal radiograph.
Typically suggests Klebsiella pneumonia, but may also result from any pneumonia, tuberculosis,
mass lesion, or abscess.;
Source : Eisenberg, Ronald L. Atlas of Signs in Radiology.;
Origin ID : RID35061;
Associated condition(s)
Lung fissure below an enlarged, consolidated lobe bulges downward on a frontal radiograph.
Typically suggests Klebsiella pneumonia, but may also result from any pneumonia, tuberculosis,
mass lesion, or abscess.
