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Silhouette Sign on Chest X-Ray
Loss of the margin between two opposing structures of the same radiographic
localization by lobe • RUL ... paratracheal stripe • RML ... heart border • RLL ... hemidiaphragm • LUL ... Sign #ChestXRay #CXR
Right Upper Lobe Collapse on Chest XRay

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#RUL #Right #Upper #Lobe #lobar #Collapse
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Right upper lobe atelectasis
Findings:
1) triangular density
2) elevated right hilus
3) obliteration of the retrosternal clear space (arrow)
Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RUL #Lobar #Collapse
Normal Hilar Anatomy on Chest X-Ray
The hilum is 95% vessels and while it is not important
main bronchus LUL ... lobe bronchus RUL ... #Chest #XRay #CXR
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... AirBronchogram #RUL
A common finding in atelectasis of the right upper lobe is 'tenting' of the diafphragm (blue
Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RUL #Lobar #Collapse
"COPD exacerbation" CXR ?RUL pneum. Worsening clinically ED despite resuscitation abx/steroids/fluids. Thoracic POCUS shows consolidation +
exacerbation" CXR ... RUL pneum.
Here we have a patient with atelectasis of the right upper lobe as a result of
Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RUL #Collapse
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
• Labs: CBC, cr ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... → confirm DAH, rule
Estimated Medical Radiation Doses for 5 Year-Old Child

3-view ankle	0.0015 mSv	1/14th CXRs
2-view chest	0.02 mSv	1 CXRs
Anteroposterior and lateral
0.0015 mSv 1/14th CXRs ... chest 0.02 mSv 1 CXRs ... scan 6.2 mSv 310 CXRs ... scan 15.3 mSv 765 CXRs ... through 1 mSv 50 CXRs