A 22-year-old tall thin man presents to the ED in extremis with acute right-sided chest pain, dyspnea, and tracheal deviation to the LEFT. Examination reveals absent right-sided breath sounds, hyper-resonance, and distended neck veins. After needle decompression and chest-tube placement with hemodynamic improvement, a CT chest is obtained. The structure marked **B** in the diagram shows the radiographic findings of tension pneumothorax. Which of the following radiographic features distinguishes the pathophysiology shown at **B** from a simple pneumothorax?
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