Preferred Label : floating viscera sign;
Definition : Aortic branch vessels, but not the true lumen of the proximal aorta, are opacified
with contrast injection, and thus have no apparent source. Indicates dynamically compromised
aortic dissection.;
Source : Radiology 2004; 232:244-245;
Origin ID : RID35226;
Associated condition(s)
Aortic branch vessels, but not the true lumen of the proximal aorta, are opacified
with contrast injection, and thus have no apparent source. Indicates dynamically compromised
aortic dissection.
