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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
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... end-stage with massive fibrosis ... in upper lobes ... consolidation #Clinical ... #Radiology #HRCT
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 ... In the proper clinical ... weight loss or long ... #Clinical #Radiology
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia ... result of massive fibrosis ... perihilar and in upper lobes ... #Clinical #Radiology
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
Silicosis is a fibrotic ... lung disease caused ... bilaterally in the upper lobes ... #Silicosis #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
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
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... Radiation C - Cystic Fibrosis ... clearance: - Cystic Fibrosis ... Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
Progressive Massive Fibrosis ... chronic interstitial lung ... benign, upper lobe ... CXR #silicosis #clinical ... #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
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