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Luftsichel Sign in Left Upper Lobe Collapse - Chest X-Ray

An upper lobe collapse causes the collapse
Luftsichel Sign ... Sometimes the LLL ... the air in the LLL ... #Sign #LUL #Collapse ... #Chest #XRay #CXR
Silhouette Sign on Chest X-Ray
Loss of the margin between two opposing structures of the same radiographic
on Chest X-Ray Loss ... heart border • RLL ... hemidiaphragm • LUL ... heart border • LLL ... #ChestXRay #CXR
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
There is an atelectasis ... segment to creep all ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #Luftsichel #Sign
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... on a chest x-ray ... consolidation - Multifocal ill-defined ... Multiple Masses Atelectasis ... #CXR #Consolidation
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
indicate a total atelectasis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #Luftsichel #Sign
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
Left lower lobe atelectasis ... confirmed on the lateral ... is lower lobe atelectasis ... opposite #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LLL #Lobar
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
Right lower lobe atelectasis ... Chest x-rays of ... pleural fluid posterolateral ... #CXR #Lateral # ... RLL #Lobar #Collapse
Pectus excavatum
In patients with a pectus excavatum the right heart border can be ill-defined, but this
border can be ill-defined ... produces a silhouette sign ... consolidation or atelectasis ... The lateral view ... of the anterior chest
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
view On the PA chest-film ... important to examine all ... the silhouette sign ... we will discuss later ... #CXR #Normal #Labeled