The "ring-around-the-artery" sign in pneumomediastinum.

Hammond Di

PubMed · 1984 · 16 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Following subclavian vein catheterization, a small pneumomediastinum resulted in the collection of a thin layer of gas around the right pulmonary artery (RPA), which, on the lateral chest radiography, produced a distinctive oval shadow at the right hilum.