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Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
Cavitary Lesion ... Air-Fluid Level on Chest ... and pleuritic chest ... david_furfaro #Cavity ... #Cavitary #CXR
Lung Segment Anatomy Annotated on Chest CT
Right Lung:
 • Upper Lobe: Apical, Posterior, Anterior
 • Middle
Lung Segment Anatomy ... Annotated on Chest ... lobes #Segments #Chest ... #CT #CTChest #pulmonary ... clinical #radiology #Anatomy
Lungcancer
10% of lungcancers cavitate, most commonly squamous cell carcinoma.
Small cell lungcancer does not cavitate.
Bronchoalveolar carcinoma, or
of lungcancers cavitate ... Here a chest x-ray ... large cavitating lung ... LungCancer #Cancer #Cavity ... #Cavitary #RadiologyAssistant
Normal Hilar Anatomy on Chest X-Ray
The hilum is 95% vessels and while it is not important
Normal Hilar Anatomy ... on Chest X-Ray ... branches and the pulmonary ... drdevrad #Hilar #Anatomy ... #Chest #XRay #CXR
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
, like cyst, cavity ... we describe a chest ... as: Cavity - lucency ... CavitaryLesion #Cavity ... #Cyst #Lung #Pulmonary
Pneumonia on Chest Xray and POCUS

Extensive pneumonia in lower left lobe (red arrow). 
POCUS: Dynamic air
Pneumonia on Chest ... Xray and POCUS ... in lower left lobe ... Comparison #Clinical #Lung ... #Pulmonary #Clinical
Monod Sign on Chest CT
 • Air surrounding a fungal ball in a preexisting pulmonary cavity
Monod Sign on Chest ... a preexisting pulmonary ... cavity • DDx: ... Monod #Sign #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
cavity? ... injury to the lung ... large injury to lung ... precipitate re-expansion pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Assessment #Pulmonary
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
is a fibrotic lung ... radiology #CXR #Chest ... #XRay #labeled ... #pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... • Nodular or cavitary ... of right middle lobe ... Mimics TB with: Cavitary ... • Dyspnea, • Chest