Air crescent sign | |
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The arrows denote an ill-defined nodular opacity in medial aspect of right upper lobe with ill-defined rim of lucency surrounding it | |
Differential diagnosis | Aspergilloma |
In radiology, the air crescent sign is a finding on chest radiograph and computed tomography that is crescenteric and radiolucent, due to a lung cavity that is filled with air and has a round radiopaque mass. [1] Classically, it is due to an aspergilloma, a form of aspergillosis, that occurs when the fungus Aspergillus grows in a cavity in the lung. [2] It is also referred as Monad sign. [3]