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Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Physical Exam 74 year-old ... fractures missed by CXR ... , so use CT to identify ... Chest #Breathing #PhysicalExam ... #trauma #pulmonary
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Physical Exam 74 year-old ... fractures missed by CXR ... , so use CT to identify ... Chest #Breathing #PhysicalExam ... #trauma #pulmonary
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
Here we see an old ... has caused a triangular ... On the CT we can ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
Sometimes a CT is ... necessary to differentiate ... and the enlarged pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Old #RibFracture
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... lobar pneumonia caused ... The old name is ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
The differential ... abnormality includes an old ... treatment for pulmonary ... #CXR #Oleothorax ... #NEJM
Disseminated Actinomycosis- ...Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed multiple pulmonary nodules (Panel A) associated
revealed multiple pulmonary ... with the use of video-assisted ... bacterial infection caused ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #
Handlebar Traumatic Injury 
Young girl presents to you after low energy, helmeted bicycle accident. Her vitals
re-exams (normal CXR ... She is sent to CT ... and/or delayed diagnosis ... pattern on your differential ... Injury #clinical #video
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
A 39-year-old ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... not seen on a CXR ... Most commonly caused ... #Radiology #CTChest