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Silhouette Sign on Chest X-Ray
Loss of the margin between two opposing structures of the same radiographic
by lobeRUL – ... 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
On a normal lateral chest film the silhouette of the left diaphragm 2- can be seen
from posterior all ... right diaphragm all ... #Pneumonia #RLL ... #Lateral #SilhouetteSign ... #RadiologyAssistant
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
the left upper lobe ... segment to creep all ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #LUL # ... LuftsichelSign #RadiologyAssistant
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
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
Left lower lobe ... 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
Left upper lobe ... the left upper lobe ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #LUL # ... Collapse #APWindow #RadiologyAssistant