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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 ... Sign #ChestXRay #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
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 ... Luftsichel #Sign #LUL ... #CXR
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 ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... AirBronchogram #RUL ... #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... #LLL #Pneumonia ... #Subtle #SilhouetteSign ... #RadiologyAssistant
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
atelectasis - There ... confirmed on the lateral ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #LLL #Lobar #Collapse ... #RadiologyAssistant
Left upper lobe atelectasis
What are the findings?
 - Minimal volume loss with elevation of the left
atelectasis What ... findings indicate an atelectasis ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #LUL # ... Collapse #APWindow #RadiologyAssistant
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 # ... LuftsichelSign #RadiologyAssistant
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
atelectasis First ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #RML # ... Lobar #Collapse #SilhouetteSign ... #RadiologyAssistant
Right upper lobe atelectasis
Findings:
1) triangular density
2) elevated right hilus
3) obliteration of the retrosternal clear space (arrow)
Right upper lobe ... atelectasis Findings ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #LungCancer #RadiologyAssistant