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Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
Left lower lobe atelectasis ... posterior to the heart ... confirmed on the lateral ... the opposite #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
sign of the left heart ... looking at the lateral ... anteriorly in the left lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
the chest the lung ... inferior part of the lung ... wall, since the heart ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... abdominojugular, reflux ... : weight gain, lung ... → no signs of CXR ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
There is a right lower lobe atelectasis.
Notice the abnormal right border of the heart.
The right interlobar
border of the heart ... surrounded by aerated lung ... the normal right heart ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
Right middle lobe atelectasis ... Blurring of the right heart ... density on the lateral ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Previous normal chest x-ray (left) and CHF stage II with perihilar haze (right). On the left
x-ray (left) and CHF ... with congestive heart ... The lateral view ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
On the left another patient with congestive heart failure.
The lateral view nicely demonstrates the increased diameter
with congestive heart ... The lateral view ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Peribronchial
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
indicate a total atelectasis ... silhouette of the right heart ... probably partial atelectasis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
The contours of the left and right diaphragm should be visible.
The right diaphragm should be visible
the air in the lungs ... it borders the heart ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #Hemidiaphragm