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Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... most common) Clinical ... #Abscess #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Clinical ... #CXR #ChestXRay
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
) Day 2 - some pulmonary ... involvement, with “white lung ... the differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
There are about a dozen x-ray findings, but two of them are especially important: Loss of
aortic knob/aortic-pulmonary ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #ChestXRay #AorticKnob
Transposition of Great Arteries (TGA) on Chest XRay
 - Oval Shaped Cardiac Silhouette 
 - Narrow
- Increased pulmonary ... GreatArteries #TGA #CXR ... #ChestXRay #Radiology ... #Diagnosis #Clinical
Elemental Mercury Pulmonary Embolism

#Mercury #Pulmonary #Embolism #Emboli #Lung #CXR #ChestXRay #XRay #radiology #clinical
Elemental Mercury Pulmonary ... Embolism #Emboli #Lung ... #CXR #ChestXRay ... #XRay #radiology ... #clinical
Radiographic Signs of Lobar Collapse
General findings to look for:
 • Crowding of ribs near collapse
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• Ipsilateral hemidiaphragm ... lobar #collapse #pulmonary ... #lung #signs #radiology ... #diagnosis
Chest X-Ray Interpretation Checklist
Outline ALL bones
Check soft tissues
Assess heart borders
Is density, behind the heart the same
Can you see hemidiaphragms ... cervical rib Check lung ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... Interpretation #Checklist #radiology ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
A 50 yo F with a history of poor dentition presents to the ED with fever
A CXR is done. ... consistent w/ lung ... abscess #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #ChestXRay #Cavitary
Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Radiographic Features of Pulmonary ... #Diseases #Radiology ... #Patterns #Lung ... #CXR #XRay #ChestCT ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Silhouette Sign on Chest X-Ray
Loss of the margin between two opposing structures of the same radiographic
• RLL – right hemidiaphragm ... border • LLL – left hemidiaphragm ... Silhouette #Sign #ChestXRay ... #CXR #diagnosis ... #radiology #localization