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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 ... must be located anteriorly ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pneumonia #Lingula ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
Luftsichel Sign in Left Upper Lobe Collapse - Chest X-Ray

An upper lobe collapse causes the collapse
Luftsichel Sign ... - Chest X-Ray ... segments to be pushed anteriorly ... #Luftsichel #Sign ... #XRay #CXR
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
Cardiac incisura ... not reach the anterior ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #Cardiac ... #Incisura #RadiologyAssistant
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
seen through the cardiac ... when you go from anterior ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #LLL #Lobar #Collapse ... #RadiologyAssistant
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
view On the PA chest-film ... the silhouette sign ... The anterior and ... #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 ... chest wall (red ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR ... Hemidiaphragm #RadiologyAssistant
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
left with loss of cardiac ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Lateral #LUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #Luftsichel #Sign ... LuftsichelSign #RadiologyAssistant
Pectus excavatum
In patients with a pectus excavatum the right heart border can be ill-defined, but this
produces a silhouette sign ... appearance of the anterior ... chest wall. ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Pectus #Excavatum #RadiologyAssistant
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
On a chest film ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Atrium #Ventricle ... #Cardiac #Chambers ... #RadiologyAssistant
On a normal lateral chest film the silhouette of the left diaphragm 2- can be seen
normal lateral chest ... all the way to anterior ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pneumonia #RLL ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant