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Chest X-Ray Interpretation Checklist
Outline ALL bones
Check soft tissues
Assess heart borders
Is density, behind the heart the same
Check apices for ... cervical rib Check lung ... #CXR #Interpretation ... #Checklist #radiology ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
Luftsichel Sign in Left Upper Lobe Collapse - Chest X-Ray

An upper lobe collapse causes the collapse
causes the collapse lung ... Sometimes the LLL apical ... LUL #Collapse #clinical ... #radiology #Chest ... #XRay #CXR
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
X-ray limitations ... interpret them in clinical ... UltraSound (POCUS) to CT ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... ChestXRay #KUB #CXR
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Pattern - Chest Radiology ... throughout the lungs ... Pattern #Chest #Radiology ... #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
is a fibrotic lung ... Calcification (seen in CT ... Fibrosis #Silicosis #clinical ... #radiology #CXR ... #Chest #XRay #labeled
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
CT demonstrates ... can suggest the diagnosis ... in the proper clinical ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... laterally displaced apical ... : weight gain, lung ... → no signs of CXR ... #management #cardiology
Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis (PPFE) on Chest CT
47 M with idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis. Typical imaging findings:
- Upper lobe
PPFE) on Chest CT ... Rare - GVHD, lung ... PPFE #ChestCT #radiology ... #clinical #pulmonary ... #CXR
First study the CXR.
We know that in some cases there is an extra joint in the
First study the CXR ... Continue with the PET-CT ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lung #Cancer ... LungCancer #Hidden #Apical
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
The differential diagnosis ... the most likely diagnosis ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR # ... Oleothorax #NEJM