Tuesday, 31 May 2016

Spalding Sign MCQ | Crack PGIMER NOV 2016


Spalding sign is seen in 

A. Abortion 
B. Still birth 
C.IUD 
D. Infanticide
E. Homicide


The Answer is. (C) IUD
Spalding’s sign : overlapping of the cranial bones. Usually seen in intra uterine death, appears 7 days after death
• Other Radiolocical signs of IUD.
— Robert’s sign as early as 12 hrs. it is gas shadow in chambers and great vesse heart.
— Hyperflexion of spine.

— Crowding of ribs shadow with loss of normal parallelism.