Salted pretzel sign (CT head)
The salted pretzel sign is an uncommon sign of the presence of numerous small (<3 mm) calcific foci in the distal branches of a cerebral artery on non-contrast CT head that represent a shower of calcified cerebral emboli . Cerebral calcified emboli may be the initial manifestation of significant vascular or cardiac disease and prompts cardiovascular workup.
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