Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/White's butterfly sign
White's butterfly sign[edit]
This is a bogus article by an anonymous user. The verifiable references are to one of two different copies of a Newsweek article, but those do not refer to "White's butterfly sign" but rather to a "'white butterfly' pattern" that is, a white-colored area on an X-ray. This is an article apparently in support of a possible vanity article Fred Ashley White, see below. -R. S. Shaw 23:44, 2004 Oct 16 (UTC)
- Delete. There is no "White's butterly sign"; a "butterfly pattern" may sometimes be used to describe the appearance of bilateral pneumothorax on chest x-ray, but most of the time "butterfly pattern" is used to refer to "bilateral fluffy infiltrates" on a CXR, an entirely different condition; it's wrong to describe bilateral pneumothorax as "exploded lungs" (the lungs collapse rather than "explode"); the description of pleura is not quite right; and, as noted, the "references" given in the article don't actually support anything in it. -- Nunh-huh 00:14, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Delete: Hoax. If the lungs had exploded, it would not be due to blunt trauma on the outside, but from the inside, and the resulting sign would not be a butterfly. Geogre 04:17, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Not so sure. I did some edits on both articles, believing that this was legit. I'm also not sure how authoratitive WhoNamedIt.com is, but Dr White's biography is not actually there (the external link is deceptive). Does anyone have access to the Head Neck Compendium? JFW | T@lk 21:26, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- DON'T DELETE please just modify or stub see detailed evidence at votes for deletion of Fred Ashley White, before. Thank You. Samuel Everett nationalarchaeology@mail.com
- Del Unverifiable, unnotable. --Jerzy(t) 07:20, 2004 Oct 21 (UTC)