Preferred Label : gastric cannonball sign;
Definition : Mutliple round, fixed, and noncompressible filling defects in the stomach. Typically
suggests hepatic metastases. May also represent submucosal leiomyoma, hepatic cyst
impressions, gastric serosal metastases, intramural varicosities, or hematoma.;
Source : Eisenberg, Ronald L. Atlas of Signs in Radiology.;
Origin ID : RID35238;
Associated condition(s)
Mutliple round, fixed, and noncompressible filling defects in the stomach. Typically
suggests hepatic metastases. May also represent submucosal leiomyoma, hepatic cyst
impressions, gastric serosal metastases, intramural varicosities, or hematoma.
