SIGNS IN MUSCULO SKELETAL DISEASES

Alphabetic Listing
Absent Bow Tie Sign     Bucket-handle tear of the menisci
Anteater Nose               Calcaneonavicular coalition
Anterior Drawer Sign     ACL Tear
Bamboo Spine               Ankylosing Spondylitis
Bite Sign                        Avascular Necrosis
Blade of Grass Sign        Paget's Disease
Blister of Bone               Aneurysmal bone cyst
Bone Bruise Sign           ACL Tear
Bone in Bone Sign        Osteopetrosis
Boutonniere Deformity  Rheumatoid arthritis
Bow Tie Sign                Discoid Meniscus
Brim Sign                      Paget's Disease
Button Sequestrum        Eosinophilic granuloma
C Sign                          Subtalar coalition
Cockade Image            Intraosseous lipoma
Cortical Ring Sign         Rotary subluxation
Cotton Wool Sign        Paget's Disease
Crescent Sign              Avascular Necrosis
Crowded Carpal Sign                   Volar Perilunar dislocation
Cupid's Bow Contour                   Normal spine
Dagger Sign                Ankylosing Spondylitis
Deep lateral femoral notch sign       ACL Tear
Double PCL Sign         Bucket-handle tear of the menisci
Drooping Shoulder Sign                 Inferior subluxation of the shoulder
Elbow Fat Pad Sign                       Elbow effusion
Fallen Fragment            Unicameral bone cyst
FBI Sign                          Lipohemarthrosis
Fish Vertebra               Osteopenia
Fluid Fluid Level         Aneurysmal bone cyst
Fragment-in-Notch Sign     Bucket-handle tear of the menisci
H Vertebra               Sickle cell anemia
Hair on End             Hemolytic anemia
Half Moon Sign              Absent in posterior dislocation of the shoulder
Heel Pad Sign              Acromegaly
Hill-Sachs Sign         s/p anterior shoulder dislocation
Incomplete ring sign     Spondylolysis
Intravertebral Vacuum Cleft     Avascular Necrosis
Inverted Napoleon Hat Sign     Spondylolisthesis
Ivory Phalanx Sign       Psoriasis
Ivory Vertebra Sign         Mets, Paget, Lymphoma
Lateral Capsular Sign          ACL Tear - Segund fracture
Metacarpal Sign          Short 4th Metacarpal
Pedestal Sign         Loosening prosthesis
Pneumoarthrogram Sign     Normal - No joint effusion
Pronator Sign      Wrist Fracture
Rim Sign        Posterior shoulder dislocation
Rugger Jersey Sign     Chronic renal failure
Sail Sign         Elbow effusion
Sausage Digit           Psoriasis
Scotty Dog Sign      Spondylolysis
Step-Off Vertebral Body Sign           Sickle cell, Gaucher's Disease
Swan Neck Deformity           Rheumatoid arthritis
Tear Drop Sign (Orbits)         Blowout fracture
Teardrop Sign (ankle)        Ankle effusion
Terry-Thomas Sign           Scapholunate dissociation
Tooth Sign            Enthesopathy
Trolley-track sign           Ankylosing Spondylitis
Trough Line         Posterior shoulder dislocation
Tumbling Bullet Sign         Post traumatic bone cyst
Vacuum Phenomenon        Degenerative disk disease