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DictionarySeesignspinnaker sail sign
A descriptive term for a superiorly displaced thymic shadow seen on a plain chest film of a neonate with a unilateral pneumomediastinum, which the coining authors likened to a fully-blown spinnaker sail; bilateral pneumomediastinum in the neonate has been called ‘angel wings’ signspinnaker sail signAn outline of the thymus of a child by radiolucent lines. It is seen on chest x-ray examinations of children with pneumomediastinum. See also: signLegalSeeSign |