Thymic sail sign

Last revised by Frank Gaillard ◉ ◈ on 11 Feb 2025

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Citation:

Sarangi P, Bell D, Bickle I, et al. Thymic sail sign. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 21 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-41331

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-41331

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rID:

41331

Article created:

29 Nov 2015, Pradosh Kumar Sarangi

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At the time the article was created Pradosh Kumar Sarangi had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

11 Feb 2025, Frank Gaillard ◉ ◈

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At the time the article was last revised Frank Gaillard had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Revisions:

16 times, by 11 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Chest, Paediatrics

Sections:

Signs

Tags:

thymus

Synonyms:

Sail sign of thymus
Sail sign (thymus)

The thymic sail sign represents a triangular-shaped inferior margin of the normal thymus seen on a neonatal frontal chest radiograph. It is more commonly seen on the right side, but can also be bilateral. It is seen in 3-15% of all cases. This sign should not be confused with the spinnaker sail sign which indicates a pneumomediastinum.