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Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
sliding/barcode sign ... Consolidations - "Shred" sign ... bronchograms (atelectasis has ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
a patient with signs ... of CHF. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
lesions abutting the pleura ... densities iin the left lung ... cavitation in the right lung ... #CXR #CTChest # ... SepticEmboli #Cavity #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
seen on a supine chest ... bilateral pleural ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural ... PleuralEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
also demonstrate signs ... dependent part of the lungs ... Bilateral pleural ... #CTChest #CHF # ... IntersitialEdema #Septal #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural plaques
The CXR shows multiple opacities.
They have irregular shapes and do not look like a lung
not look like a lung ... bordering the chest ... are usually: - bilateral ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Plaques #Asbestos #RadiologyAssistant
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... pleural effusions ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the lung ... pulmonary vascular bed has ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
view On the PA chest-film ... areas where the lung ... the silhouette sign ... we will discuss later ... lymphadenopathy, pleural
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
the stairs and has ... some loculated pleural ... surrounded by aerated lung ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Lobar #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant