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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 # ... #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
70% of cases of CHF ... On a lateral image ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Pleural # ... PleuralEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
a patient with signs ... of CHF. ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Pleural # ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
border (silhouette sign ... as a result of collapse ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... MiddleLobe #Lobar #Collapse ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
More Specific Signs ... gallop rhythm), and laterally ... alveolar edema, bilateral ... pleural effusions ... → no signs of CXR
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #LUL # ... Lobar #Collapse ... #Luftsichel #Sign ... LuftsichelSign #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... Other signs of CHF ... edema and some pleural ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
the silhouette sign ... we will discuss later ... lymphadenopathy, pleural ... Anatomy #Radiology #CXR ... ParatrachealStripe #RadiologyAssistant
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #LUL # ... Lobar #Collapse ... #Luftsichel #Sign ... LuftsichelSign #RadiologyAssistant
Recognition of a pneumothorax depends on the volume of air in the pleural space and the
of air in the pleural ... A sign to look for ... lucency of the lateral ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant