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On the left another patient with a large cardiac silhouette on the chest x-ray due to
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The CT-image shows a large pericardial effusion.
Always compare these post-operative chest films with the pre-operative ones.
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Pericardial effusion
Whenever we encounter a large heart figure, we should always be aware of the possibility
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Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
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Here another patient who had valve-replacement.
Notice the large heart size.
There is redistribution of the pulmonary vessels
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There is a large pericardial effusion, which is located posteriorly to the left ventricle (blue arrow).
The
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Multiple masses
The differential diagnostic list of multiple masses is very long.
The most important diagnoses are listed
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Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
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Especially in patients who had recent cardiac surgery an enlargement of the heart figure can indicate
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Nodular pattern(2)
1. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic distribution, along fissures, adenopathy.
2. TB: Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient
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