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Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
bubble and the lung ... with signs of CHF ... bubble to the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
periphery of the lung ... base against the pleural ... may aid in the diagnosis ... #CriticalCare #Radiology ... #Cardiology #HamptonHump
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... edema, bilateral pleural ... → no signs of CXR ... #management #cardiology
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
can suggest the diagnosis ... lesions abutting the pleura ... densities iin the left lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
area of the left lung ... The differential diagnosis ... of oil into the pleural ... Clinical #PCC #Radiology ... #CXR #Oleothorax
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
heart failure (CHF ... In the lungs LV ... interstitium and the pleural ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
space (pleural ... position Obstructive lung ... diseased areas of the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
dependent part of the lungs ... Bilateral pleural ... the differential diagnostic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF #
Based on the CXR that you just saw, you could have made the diagnosis of congestive
Based on the CXR ... have made the diagnosis ... There is pleural ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #InterstitialEdema
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
chronic obstructive lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages