Preferred Label : indrawn pleura sign;
Definition : Opaque line extending from visceral pleura to peripheral intrapulmonary mass. Suggests
scar resulting from inflammatory disease or atelectasis due to obstruction by mass;
mass is often alveolar cell carcinoma.;
Source : Eisenberg, Ronald L. Atlas of Signs in Radiology.;
Origin ID : RID35304;
Associated condition(s)
Opaque line extending from visceral pleura to peripheral intrapulmonary mass. Suggests
scar resulting from inflammatory disease or atelectasis due to obstruction by mass;
mass is often alveolar cell carcinoma.
