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Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... the only way to detect ... a patient with signs ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
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
confirmed on the lateral ... contour of the left diaphragm ... opposite #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LLL #Lobar ... #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
border (silhouette sign ... as a result of collapse ... elevation of the right diaphragm ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Pleural plaques
The CXR shows multiple opacities.
They have irregular shapes and do not look like a lung
The CXR shows multiple ... are usually: - bilateral ... the dome of the diaphragm ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pleural #
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
some loculated pleural ... lung but by the collapsed ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... RLL #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 ... #Luftsichel #Sign
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
gallop rhythm), and laterally ... alveolar edema, bilateral ... pleural effusions ... of CXR congestion ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
lung borders the diaphragm ... the silhouette sign ... we will discuss later ... lymphadenopathy, pleural ... #CXR #Normal #Labeled
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
the luft sichel sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #Luftsichel #Sign