Trans-mediastinal herniation of bulla: Semilunar sign

Trans-mediastinal herniation of lung is seen occasionally but herniation of bulla across the mediastinum is rare. We report two cases with trans-mediastinal herniation of bullae leading to an unusual line appearing near the mediastinum. We propose the name ‘Semilunar sign’for this radiological sign...

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Autores principales: Singh, Sheetu, Singh, Nishtha, Singh, Virendra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4663867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26664170
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.168128
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description Trans-mediastinal herniation of lung is seen occasionally but herniation of bulla across the mediastinum is rare. We report two cases with trans-mediastinal herniation of bullae leading to an unusual line appearing near the mediastinum. We propose the name ‘Semilunar sign’for this radiological sign because of its resemblance to the half-moon shape.
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spelling pubmed-46638672015-12-10 Trans-mediastinal herniation of bulla: Semilunar sign Singh, Sheetu Singh, Nishtha Singh, Virendra Lung India Case Report Trans-mediastinal herniation of lung is seen occasionally but herniation of bulla across the mediastinum is rare. We report two cases with trans-mediastinal herniation of bullae leading to an unusual line appearing near the mediastinum. We propose the name ‘Semilunar sign’for this radiological sign because of its resemblance to the half-moon shape. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4663867/ /pubmed/26664170 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.168128 Text en Copyright: © Lung India http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4663867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26664170
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