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There are about a dozen x-ray findings, but two of them are especially important: Loss of
and the calcium sign ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #ChestXRay #AorticKnob
Transposition of Great Arteries (TGA) on Chest XRay
 - Oval Shaped Cardiac Silhouette 
 - Narrow
vasculature - Egg-on-a-string ... GreatArteries #TGA #CXR ... #ChestXRay #Radiology ... #Diagnosis #Clinical
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
interpret them in clinical ... Care UltraSound (POCUS ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #ChestXRay #KUB ... #CXR #Sensitivity
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
most common) Clinical ... • Carbapenem (e.g ... Lung #Abscess #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Clinical ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Congenital absence of the pericardium: 
- CXR: leftward shift of the cardiac silhouette, Snoopy sign, no
pericardium: - CXR ... silhouette, Snoopy sign ... #pericardium #clinical ... #cardiology #chestxray ... #cxr #radiology
There are about a dozen x-ray findings, but two of them are especially important: Loss of
and the calcium sign ... positive calcium sign ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #ChestXRay #Aortic
Westermark sign! (R pulmonary oligemia seen on CXR). Unicorns do exist! Seen in <2% of PE
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Westermark sign! ... oligemia seen on CXR ... @ASER_ERad #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #ChestXRay #Westermark
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
shows a silhouette sign ... the left heart border ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia
Silhouette Sign on Chest X-Ray
Loss of the margin between two opposing structures of the same radiographic
Silhouette Sign ... – right heart border ... #Silhouette #Sign ... #ChestXRay #CXR ... #diagnosis #radiology
A 50 yo F with a history of poor dentition presents to the ED with fever
A CXR is done. ... Diagnosis: Cavitary ... lung abscess #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #ChestXRay #Cavitary