Martini glass sign

Last revised by Karwan T. Khoshnaw on 16 Jan 2019

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Citation:

Bickle I, Khoshnaw K, Sharma R, et al. Martini glass sign. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 18 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-52077

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-52077

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/52077

rID:

52077

Article created:

21 Mar 2017, Ian Bickle ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Ian Bickle had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

16 Jan 2019, Karwan T. Khoshnaw

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Karwan T. Khoshnaw had no recorded disclosures.

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Revisions:

9 times, by 6 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Head & Neck

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Signs

The Martini glass sign describes the appearance of the globe in persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous (PHPV).

On MRI the retrolenticular tissue characteristic of this condition has a triangular shape, like that of a martini glass appearing as low T2 signal against the normal high T2 signal of the globe ¹.