Preferred Label : tangent sign;
Definition : Liver is more than 5 cm thick along a line drawn tangent to the left border of the
vertebral body on an ultrasound. Suggests hepatomegaly.;
Source : Eisenberg, Ronald L. Atlas of Signs in Radiology.;
Origin ID : RID35608;
Associated condition(s)
Liver is more than 5 cm thick along a line drawn tangent to the left border of the
vertebral body on an ultrasound. Suggests hepatomegaly.
