Angel-Wing Sign-What Goes Up Must Come Down
Volume 1 - Issue 3
Elena Lanvers*, Hannah Henric-Petri and Eckhard Korsch
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- Kinderkrankenhaus,Amsterdamer, Strasse, Köln, Germany
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Elena Lanvers, Kinderkrankenhaus Amsterdamer Strasse, Amsterdamer Straße, Köln, NRW
Received: April 12, 2018; Published: April 17, 2018
DOI: 10.32474/PAPN.2018.01.000115
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Abstract
We report on a spontaneously delivered, female neonate,
born in week 35+1 of gestation, weighing 2230g. It was presented
pale, hypotonic, without respiratory movement and a heart rate
below 100 bpm. Therapeutic treatment started with bag-maskventilation,
followed by the installation of a pharyngeal tube
and CPAP-ventilation for a total of six hours applying a PEEP of
6 millibar. The X-ray displayeda pneumomediastinum, showing
elevation of both thymus lobes in the sense of an angel-wing sign
(also known as spinnaker-sail sign) [1-3] (Figure 1). Ending CPAPventilation,
treatment continued vianasal cannula without oxygen
supply for one more day, resulting in a stable respiratory status.
The radiographic follow-up presented a noticeable regression of
the pneumomediastinum (Figures 2 & 3 = 6th day of life; part C =
13th day of life), which made invasive measures redundant.
Keywords: Pneumomediastinum; Angel-Wing Sign; CPAP-Ventilation; Respiratory Distress Syndrome; X-ray in Neonatology
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