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Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
Cavitary Lesion ... latent TB s/p treatment ... #Cavitary #CXR ... ChestXRay #Clinical #Pulmonary ... #Radiology #AirFluidLevel
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
lucencies within the lung ... , like cyst, cavity ... visible wall #CXR ... #Cyst #Lung #Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Monod Sign on Chest CT
 • Air surrounding a fungal ball in a preexisting pulmonary cavity
Sign on Chest CT ... cavity • DDx: ... #Monod #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
CT demonstrates ... On the CT cavitation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #SepticEmboli #Cavity
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
periphery of the lung ... confirmed with chest CT ... #photo #CXR #EmergencyMedicine ... #CriticalCare #Radiology ... #Cardiology #HamptonHump
Chest X-Ray Interpretation Checklist
Outline ALL bones
Check soft tissues
Assess heart borders
Is density, behind the heart the same
compare hilum position ... cervical rib Check lung ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... Interpretation #Checklist #radiology ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Pattern - Chest Radiology ... throughout the lungs ... Pattern #Chest #Radiology ... #CXR #clinical ... #CT
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the upper lung ... supplying the lung ... The pulmonary vascular ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
TB
This patient presented first with the CXR on the left.
The findings are:
Widespread ill-defined densities, which are
Cavity in the right ... Culture was positive ... appreciated on a CT ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #SecondaryTB #Cavitary
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
is a fibrotic lung ... Calcification (seen in CT ... Silicosis #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay ... #labeled #pulmonary