English Explanatory Dictionary

Kerley line

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sign seen on chest radiographs with interstitial pulmonary edema. They are thin linear pulmonary opacities caused by fluid or cellular infiltration into the interstitium of the lungs.

Word forms

Kerley line Kerley lines

Etymology

Named after Peter Kerley (1900–1979), Irish radiologist.

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