White matter buckling sign

Last revised by Karwan T. Khoshnaw on 16 Nov 2018

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Citation:

Gaillard F, Khoshnaw K, Hacking C, et al. White matter buckling sign. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 28 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-36988

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-36988

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/36988?embed_domain=external.radpair.com%2527%5B0%5D

rID:

36988

Article created:

21 May 2015, Frank Gaillard ◉ ◈

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At the time the article was created Frank Gaillard had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

16 Nov 2018, Karwan T. Khoshnaw

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

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Revisions:

10 times, by 7 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Central Nervous System

Sections:

Signs

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cases

The white matter buckling sign is helpful in distinguishing an extra-axial intracranial mass from an intra-axial one and represents the white matter projecting into gyri being compressed and displaced by the mass, even in the presence of oedema (which would usually expand gyri, if the mass were intra-axial) ¹.