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Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
or middle lobe collapse ... Lymphoma, Germ cell tumor ... Pericardial effusion • CXR ... Diagnosis #pulmonary #radiology
Left upper lobe atelectasis
What are the findings?
 - Minimal volume loss with elevation of the left
elevation of the left diaphragm ... , which is the collapsed ... lobe #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
contour of the left diaphragm ... opposite #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LLL #Lobar ... #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
cells (including tumor ... Atelectasis - collapse ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
A common finding in atelectasis of the right upper lobe is 'tenting' of the diafphragm (blue
tenting' of the diafphragm ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #RUL #Lobar ... #Collapse #Tenting
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
as a result of collapse ... elevation of the right diaphragm ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... MiddleLobe #Lobar #Collapse
Here an example of a large lesion in the right lower lobe, which is difficult to
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... RLL #Tumor #Hidden ... #Subtle #Diaphragm
On the PET-CT there is both a tumor in the left lung, aswell as in the
there is both a tumor ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #PETCT #LUL ... #Lobar #Collapse
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
position left diaphragm ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse