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Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
- Innumerable, bilateral ... Pleural effusion • Atelectasis ... #TB #Patterns #chest ... #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
without contrast material ... without contrast material ... ) — Lung Cancer ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR
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 ... surrounded by aerated lung ... #CXR #Lateral #
Total atelectasis
The chest x-ray shows total atelectasis of the right lung due to mucus plugging.
Notice the
Total atelectasis ... The chest x-ray ... of the right lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Total #Lung
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
is a fibrotic lung ... Calcification (seen in CT ... Silicosis #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay
There is a right lower lobe atelectasis.
Notice the abnormal right border of the heart.
The right interlobar
right lower lobe atelectasis ... surrounded by aerated lung ... On a follow-up chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Lung abnormalities mostly present as areas of increased density, which can be divided into the following
Consolidation Atelectasis ... published soon: Chest ... X-Ray - Lung disease ... Diagnosis #Pathophys #Radiology ... #CXR #Lung #Patterns
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 ... → no signs of CXR ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
in paediatric radiology ... background radiation Natural ... X-ray 0.01 mSv ... mSv 8 months Chest ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR
Lung infarction
The radiographic features of acute pulmonary thromboembolism are insensitive and nonspecific.
The most common radiographic findings
Lung infarction ... PIOPED) study were atelectasis ... x-ray is normal ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #PulmonaryEmbolism