title: Plain film manifestations of retrocrural disease.
abstract: The following plain film findings of retrocrural disease were demonstrated by two patients: a) silhouetting, by a soft-tissue density, of a previously seen inner margin of the crus, b) lateral displacement of the crus, c) lateral deviation of the inferior portion of the paraspinal line, and d) abrupt obliteration of the upper portion of a well defined crus.
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed