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Fig. 2

From: Spinnaker-sail sign in full-term neonates with spontaneous pneumomediastinum: a case study and scoping literature review

Fig. 2

CT of a full-term neonate with SPM (Patient-1). Yellow arrows: the lateral borders of the fascia overlying the thymus and pericardium. Pink arrows: hyperaeration around the main bronchi, indicating air dissection through the peribronchovascular sheaths. The Asterisk (*) multiloculated hyperlucency in the anterior mediastinum displacing the thymus superolaterally, with thin radiopaque lines showing the hyperinflated thymic capsule. (T) Thymus; (H) Heart. All segmental bronchi are within lungs, and no lobar emphysema is noted

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BMC Pediatrics

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