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Thymic sail sign

Case contributed by Hidayatullah Hamidi
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Asymptomatic

Patient Data

Age: 20 days
Gender: Male
x-ray

Triangular sail shape of the normal thymus gland in the right upper hemithorax. Lungs and pleural spaces clear. 

Case Discussion

The thymic sail sign is a normal feature of the thymus gland on a neonatal frontal chest radiograph.

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