Preferred Label : sagging rope sign;
Definition : Curvilinear opacity that sags in the middle extending laterally and superiorly from
the inferior border of the femoral neck on a frontal radiograph. Typically suggests
Perthes disease; may also be seen with epiphysitis of a congenitally dislocated hip
or epiphyseal dysplasia.;
Source : Eisenberg, Ronald L. Atlas of Signs in Radiology.;
Origin ID : RID35508;
Associated condition(s)
Curvilinear opacity that sags in the middle extending laterally and superiorly from
the inferior border of the femoral neck on a frontal radiograph. Typically suggests
Perthes disease; may also be seen with epiphysitis of a congenitally dislocated hip
or epiphyseal dysplasia.
