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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 collapsed LUL ... the air in the LLL ... #LUL #Collapse ... #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
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
segment to creep all ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #Luftsichel #Sign
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
larger ones are ill-defined ... the right lower lobe ... possibility of multiple ill-defined ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
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 #
On this lateral film there is too much density over the lower part of the spine.
By
the right lower lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... #RLL #Lateral # ... SilhouetteSign #