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Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
pneumatocele, emphysema ... we describe a chest ... figger out what the pathology ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
attached to the chest ... There is a lung ... with a cystic lung ... airways leading to pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... Loculated effusion or empyema ... level in hydro-pneumothorax ... #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Paraseptal emphysema is localized near fissures and pleura and is frequently associated with bullae formation (area
Paraseptal emphysema ... to spontaneous pneumothorax ... compression of adjacent lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Paraseptal
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Sarcoidosis E - Eosinophilic ... caused by a rigid chest ... Centrilobular emphysema ... aspergillosis - Chronic eosinophilic ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
injury to the lung ... large injury to lung ... • 28-32 Fr hemothorax ... /empyema • Smaller ... Diagnosis #Assessment #Pulmonary
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... old calcified empyema ... , hemothorax, and ... treatment for pulmonary ... #Clinical #PCC #
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
the surrounding lung ... without associated pulmonary ... emphysema. ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest
On the left a typical case of panlobular emphysema.
There is uniform destruction of the underlying architecture
the secondary pulmonary ... Pulmonary vessels ... in the affected lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Panlobular
Split Pleura Sign on Chest CT
 • Contrast enhancement of the parietal and visceral pleura, separated
Pleura Sign on Chest ... effusion • DDx: Empyema ... Pleura #Sign #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical