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The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
must be located anteriorly ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... #Lingula #SilhouetteSign
Luftsichel Sign in Left Upper Lobe Collapse - Chest X-Ray

An upper lobe collapse causes the collapse
segments to be pushed anteriorly ... Sometimes the LLL ... the air in the LLL ... Collapse #clinical #radiology ... #Chest #XRay #CXR
First study the CXR.
Notice the subtle increased density in the area behind the heart that needs
First study the CXR ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LLL #Pneumonia ... #Subtle #SilhouetteSign
On a normal lateral chest film the silhouette of the left diaphragm 2- can be seen
from posterior all ... the way to anterior ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... SilhouetteSign #
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
when you go from anterior ... opposite #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LLL #Lobar
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
important to examine all ... The anterior and ... upper lobes join anteriorly ... Clinical #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Normal #Labeled
The contours of the left and right diaphragm should be visible.
The right diaphragm should be visible
should be visible all ... the way to the anterior ... Clinical #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
On this lateral film there is too much density over the lower part of the spine.
By
is not in the anterior ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... #RLL #Lateral # ... SilhouetteSign #
Pectus excavatum
In patients with a pectus excavatum the right heart border can be ill-defined, but this
border can be ill-defined ... appearance of the anterior ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pectus #Excavatum
Based on the CXR that you just saw, you could have made the diagnosis of congestive
Based on the CXR ... Notice that the inferior ... All these findings ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #InterstitialEdema