Deuel's halo sign

English

Etymology

Described by H. Deuel in 1947.

Proper noun

Deuel's halo sign

  1. (medicine, historical) An X-ray finding of intrauterine death, where the usual zone of reduced density visible around the head of a relatively mature fetus before delivery appears separate from the cranium.
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