onion peel sign

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The onion peel sign (also called the Cumbo sign or double arch sign) is a feature seen with complicated pulmonary hydatid cyst in which the gas lining between the endocyst and pericyst has the appearance of an onion peel. It is pathognomonic for a ruptured hydatid cyst.

History and etymology

It was first described by Cumbo in 1921 .

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Assoziationen und Differentialdiagnosen zu cumbo sign:
Echinokokkose
der Lunge
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