Preferred Label : mandibular mantle sign;
Definition : Thin layer of periosteal new bone on the inferior surface of the mandible on a radiograph
of an infant. If seen in low-birth-weight infant, suggests nutritional rickets; if
seen in infant with dyspnea or apnea, suggests lung disease of skeletal origin.;
Source : Eisenberg, Ronald L. Atlas of Signs in Radiology.;
Origin ID : RID35363;
Associated condition(s)
Thin layer of periosteal new bone on the inferior surface of the mandible on a radiograph
of an infant. If seen in low-birth-weight infant, suggests nutritional rickets; if
seen in infant with dyspnea or apnea, suggests lung disease of skeletal origin.
