Preferred Label : sinking pellet sign;
Definition : Following abdominal shotgun wound, many metallic pellets are clumped on a radiograph.
Indicates the pellets lie in the dependent portion of a hollow viscus; typically,
sign indicates the bladder has been perforated.;
Source : Eisenberg, Ronald L. Atlas of Signs in Radiology.;
Origin ID : RID35547;
Associated condition(s)
Following abdominal shotgun wound, many metallic pellets are clumped on a radiograph.
Indicates the pellets lie in the dependent portion of a hollow viscus; typically,
sign indicates the bladder has been perforated.
