Images in pediatrics: The thymic sail sign and thymic wave sign
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Sunilkumar MN: Sail Sign www.jrmds.in
A sail-like, triangular projection from the mediastinum in chest radiographs is encountered in healthy children in the first few years of life. This has been proved to be the shadow of the thymus and is not of pathological significance. As it resembles a “sail” it is known as the thymic Sail Sign (SS). Literature review reported it is seen in about 10% of normal children. Interestingly many tre...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0340-6199,1432-1076
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-012-1870-x