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Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
- Innumerable, bilateral ... Pleural effusion • Atelectasis ... Patterns #chest #xray ... #clinical #radiology ... #CXR
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 ... anteriorly in the left lung ... This was a consolidation ... #CXR #Pneumonia
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
80% occurring posterolateral ... Fractures (medial/lateral ... can't make A-OK sign ... Splint: Posterior long ... #XRay #Diagnosis
Lung abnormalities mostly present as areas of increased density, which can be divided into the following
following patterns: Consolidation ... Atelectasis Nodule ... soon: Chest X-Ray ... Diagnosis #Pathophys #Radiology ... #CXR #Lung #Patterns
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
Right lower lobe atelectasis ... pleural fluid posterolateral ... surrounded by aerated lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Pectus excavatum
In patients with a pectus excavatum the right heart border can be ill-defined, but this
produces a silhouette sign ... thus simulating a consolidation ... or atelectasis ... The lateral view ... #CXR #Pectus #Excavatum
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... of CXR congestion ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Lung infarction
The radiographic features of acute pulmonary thromboembolism are insensitive and nonspecific.
The most common radiographic findings
Lung infarction ... PIOPED) study were atelectasis ... The peripheral consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #PulmonaryEmbolism
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... (CXR), try rotating ... not seen on a CXR ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary