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Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
- Innumerable, bilateral ... empyema - Air-fluid ... level in hydro-pneumothorax ... - Pleural effusion ... clinical #radiology #CXR
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... If pleural effusion ... pleural effusions ... #CHF #Pleural # ... #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Ultrasound Findings Pneumothorax ... effusion - Reduced ... cases - Dynamic air ... effusion depending ... #differential #diagnosis
The retracted visceral pleura is seen (blue arrow) which indicates that there is a pneumothorax.
There is
retracted visceral pleura ... is small, this air-fluid ... only key to the diagnosis ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Hydropneumothorax #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... of the stomach air ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Pleural # ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
Bilateral pleural ... the differential diagnostic ... Radiology #CTChest #CHF ... #KerleyB #Kerley ... IntersitialEdema #Septal #RadiologyAssistant
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
gallop rhythm), and laterally ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... peribronchial cuffing, Kerley ... pleural effusions ... → no signs of CXR
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
• Look at the CXR ... since a prior CXR ... is within the pleura ... transducing the pleural ... ChestTube #Drains #Diagnosis
The retracted visceral pleura is seen which indicates that there is a pneumothorax.
There is a horizontal
retracted visceral pleura ... is small, this air-fluid ... only key to the diagnosis ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Hydropneumothorax #RadiologyAssistant
Recognition of a pneumothorax depends on the volume of air in the pleural space and the
the volume of air ... in the pleural ... lucency of the lateral ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... DeepSulcus #Sign #RadiologyAssistant