Steeple sign

In radiology, the steeple sign is a sign on a frontal radiograph of tracheal narrowing and suggestive of the diagnosis of croup.[1]

In the figure you can see anteroposterior radiograph of the upper airway of a patient with croup. The subglottic tracheal narrowing produces an inverted V appearance known as the steeple sign (arrow).

References

  1. ^ Salour M (2000). "The steeple sign". Radiology 216 (2): 428–9. PMID 10924564. 

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