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The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
must be located anteriorly ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pneumonia #Lingula ... #SilhouetteSign ... #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... x-ray there is an ill-defined ... most likely a lobar ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
First study the CXR.
Notice the subtle increased density in the area behind the heart that needs
First study the CXR ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #LLL #Pneumonia ... #Subtle #SilhouetteSign ... #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... Consolidation - Lobar ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Patterns ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... usually multiple ill-defined ... more than one pattern ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
when you go from anterior ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #LLL #Lobar #Collapse ... #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
of these four patterns ... substances resulting in lobar ... or multifocal ill-defined ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
On a normal lateral chest film the silhouette of the left diaphragm 2- can be seen
the way to anterior ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pneumonia #RLL ... #Lateral #SilhouetteSign ... #RadiologyAssistant
Here a typical lobar consolidation.
First study the images, then continue reading.
The findings are:
increased density with ill-defined
Here a typical lobar ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... AirBronchogram #LLL ... #Lobar #Pneumonia ... #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation in bronchopneumonia
Here another case of diffuse consolidation.
This patient had fever and cough.
This was thought
Unlike lobar pneumonia ... to multifocal ill-defined ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pneumonia #Legionella ... #Diffuse #RadiologyAssistant