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A Sail-like Triangular Projection from the Mediastinum: A Radiographic Appearance of the Thymus Gland

F. H. Kemp, Helen M. C. Morley, E. Emrys‐Roberts

British Journal of Radiology · 1948 · 20 citations · 5 references

Concepts

Imaging AnatomyRadiographic AppearanceSail-like Triangular ProjectionPaediatric RadiologyThymus GlandParathyroid GlandAnatomyPathological SignificanceMedicineHealthy ChildrenTriangular ProjectionRadiology

Abstract

Radiographs of the chests of healthy children in the first few years of life may show a sail-like, triangular projection from the mediastinum. This has been proved to be the shadow of the thymus and is not of pathological significance.

References

5

Pediatric X-Ray Diagnosis

John Caffey · Southern Medical Journal · 1946 · 445 citations

Health Sciences, Medical Imaging, Pediatrics +7

American journal of diseases of children

Journal of the American Dietetic Association · 1993 · 153 citations

General Academic Pediatrics, Preventive Pediatrics, Pediatric Epidemiology +9

Pulmonary Agenesis and Hypoplasia

C. E. Field · Archives of Disease in Childhood · 1946 · 33 citations · Full text

Pulmonary Physiology, Lung Mechanics, Pulmonary Medicine +4

Pulmonary Agenesis and Hypoplasia.

Field Ce · PubMed · 1946 · 30 citations · Full text

Pulmonary Care, Pulmonary Physiology, Lung Mechanics +4

THYROID, PARATHYROIDS, AND THYMUS

BMJ · 1939 · 10 citations

And Thymus, Iodine Deficiency Disorders, Physiology +8