Images in pediatrics: The thymic sail sign and thymic wave sign

Abstract

The authors present a radiographic image portraying the "thymic sail sign" and the "thymic wave sign," both normal findings in infant radiographs and present a short description of these signs. These are distinguished from pathologic findings such as the "spinnaker-sail sign" in pneumomediastinum. © 2012 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.