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Reversed Halo Sign

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Reversed halo sign, which was named originally from the disease cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, refers to a focal, rounded area of ground-glass opacity surrounded by a more or less complete ring of consolidation [1, 2] (Fig. 8.1).

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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). Reversed Halo Sign. In: Radiology Illustrated: Chest Radiology. Radiology Illustrated. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37096-0_8

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