Boomerang sign (splenium)
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The boomerang sign refers to boomerang shaped splenial lesion (splenium of corpus callosum) which is seen as hyperintense lesion onT2-WI, FLAIR and DWI 1.
This sign can be seen in:
- transient lesion in splenium
- ischemia
- posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
- diffuse axonal injury
- multiple sclerosis
- Marchiafava-Bignami disease (MBD)
-
CNS lymphoma
, and - extrapontine myelinolysis.
Apart from brain imaging: a boomerang sign can also be seen in peroneus brevis split syndrome.
-<p>The <strong>boomerang sign</strong> refers to boomerang shaped splenial lesion (splenium of corpus callosum) which is seen as hyperintense lesion on-T2-WI, FLAIR and DWI <sup>1</sup>.</p>--<p>This sign can be seen in</p><ul>-<li><a href="/articles/transient-lesion-in-splenium" title="Transient lesion in splenium">transient lesion in splenium</a></li>- <li>ischemia</li>- <li><a href="/articles/posterior-reversible-encephalopathy-syndrome-1" title="Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES)">posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome</a></li>- <li><a href="/articles/diffuse-axonal-injury" title="Diffuse axonal injury (DAI)">diffuse axonal injury</a></li>- <li><a href="/articles/multiple-sclerosis" title="Multiple sclerosis">multiple sclerosis</a></li>- <li><a href="/articles/marchiafava-bignami-disease-1" title="Marchiafava-Bignami disease (MBD)">Marchiafava-Bignami disease (MBD)</a></li>- <li>-<a href="/articles/cns-lymphoma" title="CNS lymphoma" style="color: rgb(45, 83, 154);">CNS lymphoma</a> , and </li>- <li>-<a href="/articles/extrapontine-myelinolysis" title="Extrapontine myelinolysis">extrapontine myelinolysis</a>.</li>-</ul><p><strong>Apart from brain imaging-:</strong> a boomerang sign can also be seen in <a href="/articles/peroneus-brevis-split-syndrome" title="peroneus brevis split syndrome.">peroneus brevis split syndrome.</a></p>- +<p>The <strong>boomerang sign</strong> refers to boomerang shaped splenial lesion (splenium of corpus callosum) which is seen as hyperintense lesion on T2-WI, FLAIR and DWI <sup>1</sup>.</p><p>This sign can be seen in:</p><ul>
- +<li><a title="Transient lesion of the splenium" href="/articles/transient-lesion-of-the-splenium">transient lesion in splenium</a></li>
- +<li>ischemia</li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/posterior-reversible-encephalopathy-syndrome-1">posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/diffuse-axonal-injury">diffuse axonal injury</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/multiple-sclerosis">multiple sclerosis</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/marchiafava-bignami-disease-1">Marchiafava-Bignami disease (MBD)</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/cns-lymphoma-1">CNS lymphoma</a></li>
- +<li>
- +<a href="/articles/extrapontine-myelinolysis-1">extrapontine myelinolysis</a>.</li>
- +</ul><p><strong>Apart from brain imaging:</strong> a boomerang sign can also be seen in <a href="/articles/peroneus-brevis-split-syndrome">peroneus brevis split syndrome</a>.</p>
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