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#Clinical #Radiology #CXR #CTChest #Longstanding #Sarcoidosis #Fibrosis #Conglomerate #Nodules #RadiologyAssistant
Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Longstanding #Sarcoidosis ... #Conglomerate #Nodules ... #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... with signs of CHF ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Pleural # ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Sarcoidosis
On a CXR sarcoidosis usually first presents with hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy (example).
Parenchymal disease can present
Sarcoidosis On a ... CXR sarcoidosis ... When these small nodules ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... 70% of cases of CHF ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Pleural # ... #RadiologyAssistant
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
appearance of lung nodules ... cystic fibrosis (CF ... with asthma or CF ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
lower to the upper lobes ... during a period of CHF ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Cephalization ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
Especially in patients who had recent cardiac surgery an enlargement of the heart figure can indicate
Ultrasound demonstrated ... minimal pericardial effusion ... Radiology #CTS #CXR ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... PericardialEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Enlargement of the hili is usually due to lymphadenopathy or enlarged vessels.
In this case there is
enlarged lymph nodes ... 1-2-3 sign in sarcoidosis ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #GarlandTriad #Sarcoidosis ... ParatrachealStripe #RadiologyAssistant
Once you know how the normal hilar structures look like on a lateral view, it is
enlarged lymph nodes ... This patient has sarcoidosis ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Sarcoidosis #Lymphadenopathy ... #RadiologyAssistant
Artery-to-bronchus ratio 
Normally the vessels in the upper lobes are smaller than the accompanying bronchus with
vessels in the upper lobes ... and in the lower lobes ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Vascular ... #Engorgement #RadiologyAssistant