RID35058 bridging vascular sign

definition Ultrasound flow signals or MR curvilinear tortuous signal voids found between uterus and extrauterine mass. Represents vessels arising from uterine arteries and suggests an exophytic uterine leiomyoma over other juxtauterine masses.

comment http://radiology.rsna.org/cgi/content/full/238/1/371