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The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
shows a silhouette sign ... looking at the lateral ... must be located anteriorly ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia
Left Atrium
 - The upper posterior border of the heart is formed by the left atrium.
Left Atrium - The ... formed by the left atrium ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Atrium #Ventricle
Hilum Overlay Sign on Chest X-Ray
If a mass is in contact with the pulmonary vessels then,
is thus either anterior ... This was later proven ... to be an anterior ... XRay #clinical #radiology ... #CXR
Air Bronchogram - Portable anterior–posterior chest radiography showed dense airspace disease with bilateral hemithorax opacification and
Bronchogram - Portable anterior–posterior ... airspace disease with bilateral ... sign in which the ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram
In this illustration the lower lobe arteries are coloured blue because they contain oxygen-poor blood.
They have
towards the left atrium ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
On the lateral view ... left and on the lateral ... Ventricle - Most anterior ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Atrium #Ventricle
Lateral view
On a normal lateral view the contours of the heart are visible and the IVC
Lateral view On ... entering the right atrium ... proces in the anterior ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR
The contours of the left and right diaphragm should be visible.
The right diaphragm should be visible
the way to the anterior ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #Hemidiaphragm
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
the silhouette sign ... we will discuss later ... The anterior and ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR
Pectus excavatum
In patients with a pectus excavatum the right heart border can be ill-defined, but this
produces a silhouette sign ... The lateral view ... appearance of the anterior ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pectus #Excavatum