Ultrasound Animal Challenge 1 – What is the Tiger-stripe sign?

Do you know your “ultrasound Fauna”? Can you relate the following animal to a specific ultrasound finding? 

What is the Tiger-stripe sign?

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A) A reason to buy a new scanner

B) A high amplitude Doppler signal caused by oscillating structures

C) A Doppler pattern which occurs if contrast is injected

D) A typical Doppler pattern often seen in endocarditis 

Post your comments below or get the answer.

Yours,
Thomas Binder and the 123sonography team