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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
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 ... #Sign #LUL #Collapse ... #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 ... 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
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 ... LuftsichelSign #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
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
the left upper lobe ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #LUL # ... Lobar #Collapse #Luftsichel ... 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