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Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
scarring with pleural ... MTB infection • Pleural ... Involvement - Pleural ... #TB #Patterns #chest ... clinical #radiology #CXR
Pleural plaques
The CXR shows multiple opacities.
They have irregular shapes and do not look like a lung
Pleural plaques ... The CXR shows multiple ... bordering the chest ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pleural #Plaques
Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Chest Tube Placement ... Meds o Review Cxr ... Tube Tray o Chest ... Penetrate muscle and pleura ... o Connect to pleural
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Pericarditis) -> Chest ... Inflammation of pleural ... Dyspnea, pleuritic chest ... pain, pleural effusion ... on CXR • RA inflammation
Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis (PPFE) on Chest CT
47 M with idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis. Typical imaging findings:
- Upper lobe
Fibroelastosis (PPFE) on Chest ... subpleural and pleural ... clinical #pulmonary #CXR
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
Assessment of Chest ... • Look at the CXR ... since a prior CXR ... is within the pleura ... transducing the pleural
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... If pleural effusion ... seen on a supine chest ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Pleural #
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
lesions than the chest ... lesions abutting the pleura ... The chest film shows ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
base against the pleural ... confirmed with chest ... #photo #CXR #EmergencyMedicine
Splenosis Mimicking Cancer - radiograph of the chest showed nodularity along the left hemidiaphragm (Panel A,
radiograph of the chest ... small, basilar, pleural ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR