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Silhouette Sign on Chest X-Ray
Loss of the margin between two opposing structures of the same radiographic
localization by lobe • RUL ... stripe • RML – ... • RLLright hemidiaphragm ... heart border • LLL ... #ChestXRay #CXR
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
Right middle lobe ... border (silhouette sign ... Usually right middle ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #RML #
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
atelectasis of the left ... segment to creep all ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #LUL # ... Lobar #Collapse
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
and not of the middle ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #LUL # ... Lobar #Collapse ... #Luftsichel #Sign