Mach effect - mimicking pneumomediastinum
Diagnosis not applicable
Disclosures
- updated 16 Jul 2022:
Nothing to disclose
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Mach effect is an optical effect at the margin between areas of slightly different density and may mimic pneumomediastinum.
- +<p><a href="/articles/mach-bands">Mach effect</a> is an optical effect at the margin between areas of slightly different density and may mimic <a title="Pneumomediastinum" href="/articles/pneumomediastinum">pneumomediastinum</a>.</p>
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A lucent line between the right cardiac border and adjacent lung parenchyma suggests a mach effect is an optical effect at the margin between areas of slightly different density.In this image mimics a pneumo-mediastinum .