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Wave sign

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Overview

Wave sign is the Sign produced by lateral indentation of thymus by adjacent anterior ribs. This sign in seen in the pediatric population and represents a normal thymus.

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