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Sentinel clot sign on CT

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  • sentinel clot sign describes a relatively highly attenuating and heterogeneous fluid (clot) that tends to accumulate near the site of injury

Reference:

  • Orwig D, Federle MP. Localized clotted blood as evidence of visceral trauma on CT: the sentinel clot sign. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1989;153:747–749

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