Kerley lines (redirected from Kerley b lines)

Kerley lines

[kur′lē]

Etymology: Peter J. Kerley, English radiologist, b. 1900

lines resembling interstitial infiltrate that appear on chest x-ray images and are associated with certain disease conditions, such as congestive heart failure and pleural lymphatic engorgement. They are several centimeters long and may be oriented in many directions. Also called everywhere lines.

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Kerley lines

Imaging Vague horizontal lines on AP chest CXRs, typical of mitral stenosis. See Mitral stenosis.