Images in pediatrics: the thymic sail sign and thymic wave sign.

Eur J Pediatr

Hospital do Espírito Santo de Évora EPE, R. Julio Dinis 931 4D, 4050-327 Porto, Portugal.

Published: January 2013

The authors present a radiographic image portraying the "thymic sail sign" and the "thymic wave sign," both normal findings in infant radiographs and present a short description of these signs. These are distinguished from pathologic findings such as the "spinnaker-sail sign" in pneumomediastinum.

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