Pericardial fat tag sign
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The pericardial fat pad sign is a nice but rare sign of pneumothorax on supine CXR. The pericardial fat displaces laterally displaces as the lung is no longer adjacent to it pushing it against the mediastinum, hence causing a lumpy appearance of the cardiac borders.
Case courtesy of Dr Niveve Saad.
-<p>The <a href="/articles/pericardial-fat-pad-sign">pericardial fat pad sign</a> is a nice but rare sign of <a href="/articles/pneumothorax">pneumothorax</a> on supine CXR. The pericardial fat laterally displaces as the lung is no longer adjacent to it pushing it against the mediastinum, hence causing a lumpy appearance of the cardiac borders.</p><p>Case courtesy of Dr Niveve Saad.</p>- +<p>The <a href="/articles/pericardial-fat-pad-sign">pericardial fat pad sign</a> is a nice but rare sign of <a href="/articles/pneumothorax">pneumothorax</a> on supine CXR. The pericardial fat displaces laterally as the lung is no longer adjacent to it pushing it against the mediastinum, hence causing a lumpy appearance of the cardiac borders.</p><p>Case courtesy of Dr Niveve Saad.</p>
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