11 results
Luftsichel Sign in Left Upper Lobe Collapse - Chest X-Ray

An upper lobe collapse causes the collapse
Sometimes the LLL ... LUL and the aorta ... the air in the LLL ... #LUL #Collapse ... #clinical #radiology
Silhouette Sign on Chest X-Ray
Loss of the margin between two opposing structures of the same radiographic
localization by lobe ... hemidiaphragm • LUL ... heart border • LLL ... ChestXRay #CXR #diagnosis ... #radiology #localization
Left upper lobe atelectasis
What are the findings?
 - Minimal volume loss with elevation of the left
, which is the collapsed ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #LUL ... #Lobar #Collapse ... #APWindow #RadiologyAssistant
The CT-images demonstrate the atelectasis of the left upper lobe (blue arrow).
There is a centrally located
the left upper lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LUL # ... Lobar #Collapse ... #Obstructive #RadiologyAssistant
First study the CXR.
Notice the subtle increased density in the area behind the heart that needs
This was a lower lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LLL #Pneumonia ... #Subtle #SilhouetteSign ... #RadiologyAssistant
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
the left upper lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #LUL ... #Lobar #Collapse ... LuftsichelSign #RadiologyAssistant
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
Left lower lobe ... this is lower lobe ... opposite #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LLL #Lobar ... #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #LUL ... #Lobar #Collapse ... #Luftsichel #Sign ... LuftsichelSign #RadiologyAssistant
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
border (silhouette sign ... as a result of collapse ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #SilhouetteSign ... #RadiologyAssistant
Silhouette sign
This is a very important sign. It enables us to find subtle pathology and to
the left lower lobe ... #Diagnosis #Pathophys ... #Radiology #Silhouette ... #Sign #SilhouetteSign ... #RadiologyAssistant