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  Supine; RUQ/Liver sign 1
 Linear shape

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  Supine; RUQ/Liver sign 2
shaped
lateral
corner

border outlining the

medial border of the
liver
4. Positioned inferior to
the 11thrib
5. Positioned superior
to the right kidney
Morrison’s pouch =
a potential
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  Supine; RUQ/ Liver sign 3
 Uneven density in

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  Supine
 Bowel wall

(extraluminal = free
peritoneal gas)
of bowel
wall can be seen
(red arrows)

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  Left lateral
decubitus
 Air-fluid level

between
the abdominal
wall and the liver

in the
peritoneum
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  Supine
 Falciform ligament
 connects the anterior
abdominal wall to the
liver
 extends inferiorly
beyond the liver →
becomes round
ligament
 becomes
in a patient
with free abdominal
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gas
  massively air-filled
peritoneum

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  massive
pneumoperitoneum
→ sufficient air
beneath the
diaphragm
 left & right
hemidiaphragms
contrasted by the
free gas appear as a

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  subdiaphragmatic gas
under the left
hemidiaphragm

 subdiaphragmatic
free gas (under black
arrow)
 normal gas within the
fundus of the stomach
(under white arrow)

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  Air accumulation
beneath the central
tendon of the
diaphragm

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  The lesser sac
 positioned posterior to
the stomach
 usually a potential
space

Note:
White arrow = Cupola
sign

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  small triangles of free
gas positioned
between the large
bowel and the flank

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  arrowed
NOT clearly contained
within normal hollow
abdominal viscus
 NOT aligned in a linear
fashion nor outline
normal haustral features

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  Air seen surrounding
the lateral border of
the kidney
(retroperitoneal
organs)
 If the gas is seen to
move in an erect and
decubitus view, it's
in the
retroperitoneum

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 Inverted V
Urachus Sign
Sign

Leaping Ligamentum
Dolphins Sign Teres Sign
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  Air contrasted
urachus
 Vertical line between
bladder and umbilicus
 Outline of medial
umbilical ligament

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  Supine
 Free air outlining the

, coursing
inferiorly and laterally
from the umbilicus
 Infants: umbilical
arteries
 Adults: inferior
epigastric vessels

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  Air under
hemidiaphragm and
diaphragmatic muscle
slips visible

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  Extraluminal air in the
fissure for the
Ligamentum Teres
 Linear density running
along the inferior edge of
the falciform ligament

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More Signs:
 Coronary Ligament Outlined by Air
 The coronary ligament sited anterior to the liver
 Pneumo-gall bladder
 Air in the gall bladder fossa outlining the gall
bladder

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