Luftsichel sign

Luftsichel sign
[Ger. "air sickle"] a sickle-shaped paramediastinal radiolucency seen on the chest radiograph in upper pulmonary lobe collapse and caused by hyperinflation of the superior segment of the ipsilateral lower lobe.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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