Mickey Mouse sign
Mickey Mouse sign is a
accessory saphenous vein
(ASV) represent the ears. The presence of a Mickey Mouse sign has been a great diagnostic clue to check ASV insufficiency.
Mickey Mouse Sign, the original slide, at CHIVA's Meeting, Berlin 2002"
Mickey Mouse sign in the saphenofemoral junction, showing GSV, a dilated ASV and CFV
Some authors, inspired by this sign, described an ecographic "Mickey Mouse View" at the
accessory saphenous vein (ASV) represent the ears.[1]
But it can be seen in different regions of the body:
- Midbrain of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP).[2]
- Polyostotic vertebrae resembles the head of Mickey Mouse.[3]
- The biliary ultrasound scans, with the portal vein comprising Mickey's head and the common bile duct and hepatic artery his right and left ears, respectively.[4]
- Pelvic Mickey Mouse sign: bilateral inguinal vesical hernia on transverse axial imaging.[5]
- Dysmorphic Mickey Mouse RBCs: haemorrhage.[7]
- Ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO)[8]
References
- PMID 16226898.
- PMID 22987902.
- .
- ISBN 9781139499873.
- PMID 28469311.
- ISBN 9781482214635.
- ISBN 9780683307511.
- ISBN 9788172253233.