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Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... pleural effusion ... a patient with signs ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
#Clinical #Radiology #CXR #CTChest #Bochdalek #Hernia #Diaphragm #Defect #RadiologyAssistant
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Bochdalek #Hernia #Diaphragm ... #Defect #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
- Loculated effusion ... effusion • Atelectasis ... #TB #Patterns #chest ... xray #clinical #radiology ... #CXR
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Pain: • Chest ... • Alveoli: - CHF ... Pneumonia • Pleura ... : - Effusion ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology
Split Pleura Sign on Chest CT
 • Contrast enhancement of the parietal and visceral pleura, separated
Split Pleura Sign ... by an exudative effusion ... Empyema, malignant effusions ... #Sign #CT #Lung ... Pulmonary #diagnosis #radiology
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... If pleural effusion ... seen on a supine chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Chest x-ray: signs ... edema, bilateral pleural ... effusions). 1/5 ... → no signs of CXR ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
rupture Disrupted diaphragm ... air under the diaphragm ... abdominal viscus #cxr ... trauma #diagnosis #signs ... #radiology
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
lesions abutting the pleura ... feeding vessel sign ... feeding vessel sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Pleural plaques
The CXR shows multiple opacities.
They have irregular shapes and do not look like a lung
The CXR shows multiple ... bordering the chest ... the dome of the diaphragm ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pleural #