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Radiologic sign where bowel rotates around mesentery

The Whirlpool sign also known as the Whirl sign is related to mesentery when the bowel rotates around the mesentery causing a swirling appearance of the mesentery around the mesenteric vessels.

It can also be related to ovaries when twisting of the vascular pedicle of the ovaries takes place.

References

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  4. Valsky, D. V.; Cohen, S. M.; Hamani, Y.; Lipschuetz, M.; Yagel, S.; Esh-Broder, E. (August 2009). "Whirlpool sign in the diagnosis of adnexal torsion with atypical clinical presentation". Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 34 (2): 239–242. doi:10.1002/uog.7310. PMID 19644943. S2CID 38278005. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
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