Water-level sign: A vivid pictorial expression for a known neuroradiological phenomenon hitherto differently described

•Neuroradiologically heterogeneous architecture of fluid containing processes can present with a blood-fluid -, fluid-blood -, or fluid-fluid level.•As a superordinate term “water-level sign” is proposed as the fluid components behave literally like a water-level.•Chronic subdural hematoma, spinal s...

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Published in:Journal of the neurological sciences 2018-03, Vol.386, p.53-55
Main Authors: Heckmann, Josef G., Ernst, Stefan, Woischneck, Dieter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Blood-fluid level
Cerebral metastasis
Chronic subdural hematoma
Cognition Disorders - etiology
Dysarthria - etiology
Female
Fluid-blood level
Fluid-fluid level
Galactorrhea - diagnostic imaging
Galactorrhea - etiology
Galactorrhea - metabolism
Hematoma, Subdural - complications
Hematoma, Subdural - diagnostic imaging
Hematoma, Subdural - metabolism
Hemorrhagic space-occupying pituitary process
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Spinal hemorrhage
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vision Disorders - etiology
Water - metabolism
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Summary:•Neuroradiologically heterogeneous architecture of fluid containing processes can present with a blood-fluid -, fluid-blood -, or fluid-fluid level.•As a superordinate term “water-level sign” is proposed as the fluid components behave literally like a water-level.•Chronic subdural hematoma, spinal subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral metastasis, or cystic pituitary process can reveal such a finding•If such a finding can be identified, it can contribute to diagnosis and therapy.
ISSN:0022-510X
1878-5883
DOI:10.1016/j.jns.2018.01.009