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The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
shows a silhouette sign ... looking at the lateral ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
dislocations occur posterolateral ... 80% occurring posterolateral ... Fractures (medial/lateral ... can't make A-OK sign ... recommendations MH/CCF
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 ... Less Specific Signs ... alveolar edema, bilateral ... → no signs of CXR
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 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
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
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
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 ... Anatomy #Radiology #CXR ... ParatrachealStripe #RadiologyAssistant ... ParaAorticLine #PAView #RadiologyAssistant
A more common presentation of mucoid impaction in seen here.
This is the typical 'finger-in-glove' appearance of
Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #MucusPlug ... FingerInGlove #Sign ... #RadiologyAssistant
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
pleural fluid posterolateral ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #RLL # ... Lobar #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant