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Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
70% of cases of CHF ... evident on the lateral ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Pleural # ... PleuralEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... with signs of CHF ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Pleural # ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
First study the images and then continue reading.
On the lateral view there is a mass-like lesion
On the lateral view ... lesion that is pleural-based ... that this is a pleural ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Atelectasis #RadiologyAssistant
Stage II - Interstitial edema
Stage II of CHF is characterized by fluid leakage into the interlobular
edema Stage II of CHF ... perpendicular to the pleura ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #KerleyB # ... Intersitial #Edema #RadiologyAssistant
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
some loculated pleural ... fluid posterolateral ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #RLL # ... Lobar #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural fluid may become encysted.
Here we see fluid entrapped within the fissure.
This can sometimes give the
Pleural fluid may ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #Effusion ... #Pseudotumor #RadiologyAssistant
Previous normal chest x-ray (left) and CHF stage II with perihilar haze (right). On the left
x-ray (left) and CHF ... The lateral view ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #CHF # ... Engorgement #Thickening #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural plaques
The CXR shows multiple opacities.
They have irregular shapes and do not look like a lung
Pleural plaques ... The CXR shows multiple ... are usually: - bilateral ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Asbestos #RadiologyAssistant
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
gallop rhythm), and laterally ... 81% for acute HF ... alveolar edema, bilateral ... pleural effusions ... → no signs of CXR
On the left another patient with congestive heart failure.
The lateral view nicely demonstrates the increased diameter
The lateral view ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Peribronchial ... PeribronchialCuffing #RadiologyAssistant