Finger in Handschuh Bild
The clothes
maketh the sign. Coronal reconstructed CT in a 63-year-old woman with a chronic cough due to bronchiectasis and mycobacterium avium complex infection. CT demonstrates branching dilated airways filled with inspissated mucus resemble fingers in a glove (inset)
Beyond
bronchitis: a review of the congenital and acquired abnormalities of the bronchus. Classic imaging signs of bronchiectasis. a Signet ring sign is a CT finding referring to a markedly enlarged bronchus (*) mimicking a ring and its adjacent normal accompanying pulmonary artery representing the signet emblem of the ring (arrow). b Finger-in-glove sign describes the presence of mucous or fluid impaction within a dilated bronchus (dashed arrow) appearing as a radiopaque “finger” in the “glove” of the bronchus
Finger in
glove sign (lung) • Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
Finger in
glove sign (lung) • Cystic fibrosis complicated by allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
Finger in
glove sign (lung) • Glove - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
The finger in glove sign can be seen on either a chest radiograph or CT chest and refers to the characteristic sign of a bronchocoele. The same appearance has also been referred to as:
- rabbit ear appearance
- mickey mouse appearance
- toothpaste-shaped opacities
- Y-shaped opacities
- V-shaped opacities
Pathology
Etiology
Obstructive
In bronchial obstruction, the portion of the bronchus distal to the obstruction is dilated with the presence of mucous secretions (mucus plugging). Causes of bronchial obstruction include:
- bronchial hamartoma
- bronchial lipoma
- bronchial carcinoid
- bronchogenic carcinoma
- congenital bronchial atresia (rarely)
Non-obstructive
Causes include :
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