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Luftsichel Sign in Left Upper Lobe Collapse - Chest X-Ray

An upper lobe collapse causes the collapse
Luftsichel Sign ... in Left Upper Lobe ... X-Ray An upper lobe ... #clinical #radiology ... #Chest #XRay #CXR
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
the left upper lobe ... overinflation of the lower lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... #Luftsichel #Sign
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
the left upper lobe ... atelectasis of the lower lobe ... of the middle lobe ... #CXR #Lateral # ... #Luftsichel #Sign
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
Right middle lobe ... of the middle lobe ... mimick a middle lobe ... #CXR #Lateral # ... #Lobar #Collapse
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
Left lower lobe ... this is lower lobe ... see the lower lobe ... the atelectatic lobe ... #LLL #Lobar #Collapse
Right upper lobe atelectasis
Findings:
1) triangular density
2) elevated right hilus
3) obliteration of the retrosternal clear space (arrow)
Right upper lobe ... the retrosternal clear ... space (arrow) #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #RUL #Lobar #Collapse
Here we have a patient with atelectasis of the right upper lobe as a result of
the right upper lobe ... the left upper lobe ... as seen on the lateral ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Tuberculosis #Tracheal
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
Right lower lobe ... collapsed lower lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... RLL #Lobar #Collapse
TB
This patient presented first with the CXR on the left.
The findings are:
Widespread ill-defined densities, which are
the right upper lobe ... later on the right ... shows: Right upper lobe ... In left upper lobe ... #CXR #Tuberculosis
Pectus excavatum
In patients with a pectus excavatum the right heart border can be ill-defined, but this
produces a silhouette sign ... the right middle lobe ... The lateral view ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pectus #Excavatum