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

An upper lobe collapse causes the collapse
in Left Upper Lobe ... Collapse - Chest ... X-Ray An upper lobe ... the collapse lung ... #clinical #radiology
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... the right upper lobe ... weight loss or long ... an acute lobar pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology
First study the CXR.
Notice the subtle increased density in the area behind the heart that needs
This was a lower lobe ... pneumonia. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LLL #Pneumonia ... #Subtle #SilhouetteSign
Radiographic Signs of Lobar Collapse
General findings to look for:
 • Crowding of ribs near collapse
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Signs of Lobar Collapse ... Hyperlucency of other lobes ... shift towards the collapse ... #pulmonary #lung ... #signs #radiology
First study the CXRs.
There is a subtle consolidation in the left lower lobe in the hidden
the left lower lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... Retrocardiac #SpineSign #SilhouetteSign
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
Right middle lobe ... as a result of collapse ... #Clinical #Radiology ... MiddleLobe #Lobar #Collapse ... #SilhouetteSign
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... predominantly in the upper lobes ... Diseases With Upper Lobe ... Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... the right lower lobe ... excludes eosinophilic pneumonia ... of organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology
Left-Middle-Lobe Pneumonia - Radiography of the chest revealed a cardiac apex, aortic arch, and gastric bubble
Left-Middle-Lobe ... Pneumonia - Radiography ... infiltrate in the left lung ... A left-middle-lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology