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Luftsichel Sign in Left Upper Lobe Collapse - Chest X-Ray

An upper lobe collapse causes the collapse
Luftsichel Sign ... Sometimes the LLL ... the air in the LLL ... #Sign #LUL #Collapse ... #Chest #XRay #CXR
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 ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #Luftsichel #Sign
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
density on the left ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #Luftsichel #Sign
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
Left lower lobe ... confirmed on the lateral ... the opposite #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #LLL #Lobar #Collapse
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
Right lower lobe ... lung but by the collapsed ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... RLL #Lobar #Collapse
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
present as multiple ill-defined ... film shows two ill-defined ... densities iin the left ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #SepticEmboli #Cavity
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
border (silhouette sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... RML #MiddleLobe ... #Lobar #Collapse
TB
This patient presented first with the CXR on the left.
The findings are:
Widespread ill-defined densities, which are
on the left. ... are: Widespread ill-defined ... Cavity in the right ... later on the right ... #Clinical #Radiology
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
important to examine all ... for instance the right ... aortic knob or left ... the silhouette sign ... #Radiology #CXR