• Crit Ultrasound J · Jan 2012

    The V-line: a sonographic aid for the confirmation of pleural fluid.

    • Paul Atkinson, James Milne, Osama Loubani, and Glenn Verheul.
    • Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, 100 Tucker Park Road, Saint John, NB, E2L 4L5, Canada. Paul.Atkinson@dal.ca.
    • Crit Ultrasound J. 2012 Jan 1; 4 (1): 19.

    BackgroundUltrasound is being used increasingly to diagnose pathological free fluid accumulation at the bedside. In addition to the detection of peritoneal and pericardial fluid, point-of-care ultrasound allows rapid bedside diagnosis of pleural fluid.FindingsIn this short report, we describe the sonographic observation of the vertebral or 'V-line' to help confirm the presence of pleural fluid in the supine patient. The V-line sign is a result of the fluid acting as an acoustic window to enable visualization of vertebral bodies and posterior thoracic wall, thus confirming the presence of pleural fluid.ConclusionsThe V-line is a useful sonographic sign to aid the diagnosis of pleural free fluid.

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