Preferred Label : toothpaste sign;
Definition : Contrast retains its cylindrical shape as it passes from vesical neck into bladder
on a retrograde pyelogram following prostatectomy, resembling a squeezed tube of toothpaste.
Indicates postoperative contracture of the vesical neck.;
Source : Eisenberg, Ronald L. Atlas of Signs in Radiology.;
Origin ID : RID35643;
Associated condition(s)
Contrast retains its cylindrical shape as it passes from vesical neck into bladder
on a retrograde pyelogram following prostatectomy, resembling a squeezed tube of toothpaste.
Indicates postoperative contracture of the vesical neck.
