| string sign |
1. in radiography of the colon, a stringlike configuration of contrast material through a filling defect; called also Kantor's s. 2. the stringing out of tubules, observed on pulling the tissues of an intact testis or one in which there is active spermatogenesis, a phenomenon which is prevented by the fibrosis and hyalinization about the tubules when the testis is atrophic.
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| string of beads sign |
a series of round shadows resembling a string of beads or pearls, seen on a radiograph of the small intestine, indicating bubbles of trapped gas surrounded by the fluid of an obstructed and distended bowel.
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| string-of-pearls deformity |
Fusiform enlargement of the proximal and middle phalanges, seen in rickets.
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| string b. |
old name for automatic bladder.
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| string of beads s. |
1. a series of round shadows resembling a string of beads or pearls, seen on a radiograph of the small intestine, indicating bubbles of trapped gas surrounded by the fluid of an obstructed and distended bowel. 2. the appearance on an angiogram of an artery affected by fibromuscular dysplasia, with areas of protruding aneurysms alternating with areas of thinning and stenosis.
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