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Left upper lobe atelectasis
What are the findings?
 - Minimal volume loss with elevation of the left
, which is the collapsed ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #APWindow #RadiologyAssistant
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
Left lower lobe ... confirmed on the lateral ... opposite #Clinical #Radiology ... CXR #LLL #Lobar #Collapse ... #RadiologyAssistant
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
the chest the lung ... lingula or middle lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Cardiac #Incisura #RadiologyAssistant
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
Right lower lobe ... surrounded by aerated lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... #RadiologyAssistant
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
as a result of collapse ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... MiddleLobe #Lobar #Collapse ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
The upper lobe is ... cyst in the upper lobe ... is a possible diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis #LAM #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... #pulmonary #lung ... #signs #radiology ... #diagnosis
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
density within the lung ... tissue of the lung ... Atelectasis - collapse ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Batwing
A bilateral perihilar distribution of consolidation is also called a Batwing distribution.
The sparing of the periphery
Batwing A bilateral ... periphery of the lung ... seen in chronic lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy
In sarcoidosis the common pattern is right paratracheal and bilateral hilar adenopathy ('1-2-3-sign').
In
paratracheal and bilateral ... In lung carcinoma ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant