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Gloved Finger Sign or Toothpaste Sign

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Gloved finger sign is originally described on chest radiography and represents mucoid impaction of the branching bronchi [1]. The sign is formed by branching tubular, toothpaste, or fingerlike densities [2]. On CT, the dilated bronchi, filled and impacted with mucus (usually fluid attenuation but variable depending on the constituents of content in the dilated bronchi), generate a gloved finger appearance [3] (Fig. 10.1).

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  1. Department of Radiology Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Kyung Soo Lee

  2. Department of Pathology Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Joungho Han

  3. Department of Medicine Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Man Pyo Chung

  4. Department of Radiology, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Yeon Joo Jeong

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Lee, K.S., Han, J., Chung, M.P., Jeong, Y.J. (2014). Gloved Finger Sign or Toothpaste Sign. In: Radiology Illustrated: Chest Radiology. Radiology Illustrated. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37096-0_10

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