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X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
interpret them in clinical ... UltraSound (POCUS) to CT ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #ChestXRay #KUB ... #CXR #Sensitivity
There are about a dozen x-ray findings, but two of them are especially important: Loss of
aortic knob/aortic-pulmonary ... window and the ... calcium sign. ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
infiltrate (e.g., CXR ... , CT, ultrasound ... symptoms (e.g., ... pleuritic chest pain) and ... signs (tachypnea
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
CT demonstrates ... can suggest the diagnosis ... feeding vessel sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Spondylolysis & Spondylolisthesis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Pars interarticularis stress fracture (spondylolysis) - most frequently in the
Clinical Findings ... Stork test) • XR ... vertebrae • CT ... Spondylolisthesis #MSK #diagnosis ... #symptoms
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... Signs/Symptoms: ... pulmonary TB PE ... tissue damage - CXR ... involvement - CT
Caterpillar Sign in Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis - An upper gastrointestinal radiographic series was obtained (ultrasonography
initial test), and ... showed a distended, air-filled ... #Clinical #Peds ... #Radiology #PyloricStenosis ... #AXR #KUB #NEJM
There are about a dozen x-ray findings, but two of them are especially important: Loss of
aortic knob/aortic-pulmonary ... calcium sign. ... positive calcium sign ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Head Cheese Sign on Chest CT
 • Juxtaposition of distinct radiographic areas of low, normal and
of low, normal and ... attenuation • DDx: sub-acute ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Falciform Ligament Sign - An abdominal radiograph that was obtained with the patient in a supine
as a vertical band ... Panel B, arrow) #Clinical ... #Radiology #FalciformLigament ... Pneumoperitoneum #CT ... #KUB #NEJM