title: [The inverted cockade sign. An indication in CT of an impending rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm].
abstract: A new CT-sign as a pointer to the imminent rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm is described: the enhanced shell of the thrombus of the aneurysm. This sign is caused by bleeding into the thrombotic layer.
authors.affiliation: Röntgenabteilung des Martin-Luther-Krankenhauses Berlin.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Lörcher
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Das umgekehrte Kokardenzeichen. Ein Hinweis im CT auf eine bevorstehende Ruptur eines abdominellen Aortenaneurysmas.