Spine sign: visualization of the vertebral bodies in ...
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Spine sign: visualization of the vertebral bodies in the thoracic cavity above the diaphragm indicative of pleural effusion. In  the absence of pleural effusion, the spine is obscured by air in the  lung, and is cut off at the diaphragm.



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