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Silhouette Sign on Chest X-Ray
Loss of the margin between two opposing structures of the same radiographic
RUL – right paratracheal ... heart border • RLL ... hemidiaphragm • LUL ... heart border • LLL ... #ChestXRay #CXR
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
Normal Hilar Anatomy on Chest X-Ray
The hilum is 95% vessels and while it is not important
main bronchus LUL ... bronchus LLL - ... bronchus RUL - Right ... Anatomy #Chest #XRay ... #CXR #clinical
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 ... #CXR #AirBronchogram ... #RUL #Lobar #Pneumonia ... #RadiologyAssistant
First study the CXR.
Notice the subtle increased density in the area behind the heart that needs
This was a lower lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LLL #Pneumonia ... #Subtle #SilhouetteSign ... #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... LuftsichelSign #RadiologyAssistant
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 #
Here we see a consolidation which is located in the left lower lobe.
There is a normal
the left lower lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... #LLL #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... #RadiologyAssistant
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
confirmed on the lateral ... the opposite #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #LLL #Lobar #Collapse ... #RadiologyAssistant