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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 ... #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... #Pseudotumor #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
scarring with pleural ... - Innumerable, bilateral ... - Loculated effusion ... effusion • Atelectasis ... xray #clinical #radiology
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... A subpulmonic effusion ... might get the impression ... #Clinical #Radiology ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
Lesions may show pleural ... spiculae and give the impression ... effusions and parenchymal ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Pneumonia #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Causes of Orthopnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Fear and Anxiety
 • Pleural Effusion
 • Ascites
and Anxiety • Pleural ... Effusion • Ascites ... pulmonary edema • Bilateral ... Myopathies - Compressive
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
adenopathy and pleural ... effusion; sometimes ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
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
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
pericardial fat or effusion ... anteroinferior side on the lateral ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Cardiac #Incisura #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is seen in:
1. Pulmonary edema
2. Lymphangitic spread of carcinoma - often unilateral
3. Tuberculosis
4. Lymphangiomyomatosis
Pleural effusion ... Asbestosis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #Pleural ... #Effusion #PleuralEffusion ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant