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Silhouette Sign on Chest X-Ray
Loss of the margin between two opposing structures of the same radiographic
heart border • RLL ... hemidiaphragm • LUL ... heart border • LLL ... #ChestXRay #CXR ... #diagnosis #radiology
Luftsichel Sign in Left Upper Lobe Collapse - Chest X-Ray

An upper lobe collapse causes the collapse
Sometimes the LLL ... the air in the LLL ... #LUL #Collapse ... #clinical #radiology ... #Chest #XRay #CXR
First study the CXR.
Notice the subtle increased density in the area behind the heart that needs
First study the CXR ... This was a lower lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LLL #Pneumonia ... #Subtle #SilhouetteSign
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
atelectasis - There ... confirmed on the lateral ... the opposite #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #LLL #Lobar #Collapse
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
On the chest x-ray ... there is an ill-defined ... the right upper lobe ... #CXR #AirBronchogram ... #RUL #Lobar #Pneumonia
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
There is an atelectasis ... segment to creep all ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
border (silhouette sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... RML #MiddleLobe ... Lobar #Collapse #SilhouetteSign
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
indicate a total atelectasis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #Luftsichel #Sign
On a normal lateral chest film the silhouette of the left diaphragm 2- can be seen
from posterior all ... right diaphragm all ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... #RLL #Lateral # ... SilhouetteSign #
Study the CXR of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and has severe
What is your diagnosis ... a right lower lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... RLL #Atelectasis