title: Intraperitoneal fat sign.
abstract: In a patient with an ovarian cystic teratoma and the peritoneal cavity filled with sebaceous material, an abdominal radiograph revealed a wide fat stripe between the parietal peritoneum and the lateral wall of the ascending colon. We called the existence of the wide fat stripe, which implied large amounts of intraperitoneal fatty material, the "intraperitoneal fat sign."
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Sumitomo Hospital, 5-2-2 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shindoh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013724:Teratoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*