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The leaping dolphin sign

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(This copyrighted picture of leaping dolphins is used with permission of the photographer, Mr. Doug Perrine)

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  1. Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA

    Raymond B. Dyer

  2. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Road South, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA

    David J. DiSantis

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Dyer, R.B., DiSantis, D.J. The leaping dolphin sign. Abdom Radiol 42, 665–666 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-016-0896-3

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