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Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... If pleural effusion ... pleural effusions ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
- Innumerable, bilateral ... - Loculated effusion ... effusion • Atelectasis ... xray #clinical #radiology ... #CXR
On a lateral image of CXR effusion of > 75 ml could be visible- where there
On a lateral image ... of CXR effusion ... least 175 ml of pleural ... ChestXRay #Clinical #Radiology ... #Lateral
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... always visible as ... with signs of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Myocarditis - CAD/ACS ... • Alveoli: - CHF ... Pneumonia • Pleura ... : - Effusion ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology
Pleural fluid may become encysted.
Here we see fluid entrapped within the fissure.
This can sometimes give the
Pleural fluid may ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Effusion #Fissure
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
gallop rhythm), and laterally ... alveolar edema, bilateral ... pleural effusions ... → no signs of CXR ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Stage II - Interstitial edema
Stage II of CHF is characterized by fluid leakage into the interlobular
edema Stage II of CHF ... lines are seen as ... perpendicular to the pleura ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #KerleyB
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
findings in OP - Bilateral ... Lesions may show pleural ... effusions and parenchymal ... diseases such as ... #Clinical #Radiology
Previous normal chest x-ray (left) and CHF stage II with perihilar haze (right). On the left
x-ray (left) and CHF ... The lateral view ... Notice also the ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #