Gas-containing gallstones: value of the "Mercedes-Benz" sign at CT examination
Delabrousse, E.; Bartholomot, B.; Narboux, Y.; Barrali, E.; Chirouze, C.; Kastler, B.
Journal de Radiologie 81(11): 1639-1641
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0221-0363 PMID: 11104980 Document Number: 516670
Gas-containing gallstones are well-known in vitro. The typical triradiate arrangement of fissures filled with gas, first described on abdominal plain films, was named by Meyers the "Mercedes-Benz" sign. This sign is absent of the recent literature. We report a case where gas was the only CT sign suggesting the presence of gallstones in the gallbladder.