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Comet Tail Sign on Chest CT
 • Curvilinear pleural based opacity directed towards the ipsilateral hilum
Comet Tail Sign ... • DDx: Rounded atelectasis ... #Tail #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Rounded atelectasis
The typical findings of rounded atelectasis on CT are pleural thickening, pleural-based mass and comet
on CT are pleural ... tail sign. ... The underlying lung ... and resemble a comet ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
a patient with signs ... of CHF. ... there is a high position ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
venous pressure, positive ... : weight gain, lung ... bilateral pleural effusions ... → no signs of CXR ... #management #cardiology
he CT shows a lesion that originates in the lung.
Many would have a lungcancer on the
he CT shows a lesion ... originates in the lung ... their differential diagnostic ... described as the comet ... #Clinical #Radiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... edema, and clear lungs ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
space (pleural effusion ... Obstructive lung ... The following signs ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Pertinent positives ... Vital signs: BP ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary