Open Access“Finger in Glove Sign” due to mucoid impactions.
Author(s) -
B.N. Chander,
B.Santh Kumar,
M. Kavya
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2395-7565
DOI - 10.31254/jmr.2015.1104
Subject(s) - bronchiectasis , medicine , chest radiograph , impaction , foreign body , cystic fibrosis , radiology , radiography , pathology , lung
Finger in Glove Sign detected on chest radiograph and CT scan appears due to mucoid impactions in large air ways that are visualized as tubular opacities. It may occur in both congenital conditions like bronchial atresia, cystic fibrosis and in acquired diseases like ABPA, bronchiectasis, foreign bodies, tumors, bronchial asthma and tuberculosis to name a few. Mucoid impaction should be differentiated from other disease processes like AVM which can be excluded from doing a contrast study.