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Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
Air-Fluid Level on Chest ... and pleuritic chest ... #Cavitary #CXR ... #ChestXRay #Clinical ... #Pulmonary #Radiology
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
which can cause pulmonary ... pus within the cavity ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... AirFluidLevel #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
lesions than the chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #SepticEmboli #Cavity ... #RadiologyAssistant
Lungcancer
10% of lungcancers cavitate, most commonly squamous cell carcinoma.
Small cell lungcancer does not cavitate.
Bronchoalveolar carcinoma, or
Here a chest x-ray ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LungCancer ... #Cancer #Cavity ... #Cavitary #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
The pulmonary vascular ... In daily clinical ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
chronic illness, clinical ... between these chest ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
attached to the chest ... airways leading to pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis #LAM #RadiologyAssistant
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
infarction In pulmonar ... we see an old chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... PulmonaryEmbolism #RadiologyAssistant
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
coughed up, a cavity ... be seen on the chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... CavitaryPneumonia #RadiologyAssistant