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Silhouette Sign on Chest X-Ray
Loss of the margin between two opposing structures of the same radiographic
Silhouette Sign ... localization by lobe • RUL ... hemidiaphragm • LUL ... #ChestXRay #CXR ... #diagnosis #radiology
Luftsichel Sign in Left Upper Lobe Collapse - Chest X-Ray

An upper lobe collapse causes the collapse
Luftsichel Sign ... the collapsed LUL ... #LUL #Collapse ... #clinical #radiology ... #Chest #XRay #CXR
Normal Hilar Anatomy on Chest X-Ray
The hilum is 95% vessels and while it is not important
main bronchus LUL ... lobe bronchus LLL ... lobe bronchus RUL ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #clinical #radiology
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
the luft sichel sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #Luftsichel #Sign
Left upper lobe atelectasis
What are the findings?
 - Minimal volume loss with elevation of the left
left upper lobe #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #LUL #
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #Luftsichel #Sign
Here we have a patient with atelectasis of the right upper lobe as a result of
as seen on the lateral ... view (red arrow) #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #RUL #Collapse
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
 •
ULN) or severe RUQ ... insufficiency (Cr ... diagnosis so have high clinical ... htn #obstetrics #cardiology ... #differential #
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
is a reticular patern ... recognized that this pattern ... the central dot sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... This patient’s clinical ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... chest radiograph pattern ... not seen on a CXR