The Whirlpool sign also known as the Whirl sign[1] is related to mesentery when the bowel rotates around the mesentery causing a swirling appearance of the mesentery around the mesenteric vessels.[2]
It can also be related to ovaries when twisting of the vascular pedicle of the ovaries takes place.[3][4]
References edit
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- ^ Vijayaraghavan, S. Boopathy (December 2004). "Sonographic whirlpool sign in ovarian torsion". Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 23 (12): 1643–1649, quiz 1650–1651. doi:10.7863/jum.2004.23.12.1643. ISSN 0278-4297. PMID 15557307. S2CID 5778860. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
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