Sail sign of the chest
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Medical condition
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Differential diagnosis | left lower lobe collapse |
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left lower lobe collapse.[1] In children, however, a sail sign could be normal, reflecting the shadow of the thymus.[2]
The thymic sail sign or spinnaker-sail sign is due to elevation of the thymic lobes in the setting of pneumomediastinum.[3]
References
- PMID 8615238.
- ^ "THYMIC SAIL SIGN". www.mypacs.net.
- ^ "Pneumomediastinum Revisited" July 2000 RadioGraphics, 20, 1043-1057
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