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RID35696 shadow sign

synonym

WES complex
WES sign
double-arc-shadow sign
wall-echo-shadow complex
wall-echo-shadow sign

definition

Two echogenic lines with hypoechoic space between and shadowing distal to the far field line are seen in an ultrasound of the gallbladder. Suggests cholelithiasis; represents echogenic wall (W), thin hypoechoic layer of bile, echo (E) produced by gallstone, and acousting shadowing (S) of stone.

comment

http://radiology.rsna.org/cgi/content/full/214/3/881