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The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
looking at the lateral ... consolidation due to a pneumonia ... Sterptococcus pneumoniae ... Radiology #CXR #Pneumonia ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... the right upper lobe ... lobar or segmental pneumonia ... an acute lobar pneumonia ... #RadiologyAssistant
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
Left lower lobe ... confirmed on the lateral ... this is lower lobe ... see the lower lobe ... Lobar #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
anteroinferior side on the lateral ... lingula or middle lobe ... Radiology #CXR #Lateral ... Cardiac #Incisura #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and bilateral peripheral consolidations as a result of
arthritis and bilateral ... of organizing pneumonia ... Cryptogenic #Organizing #Pneumonia ... RheumatoidArthritis #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
the right lower lobe ... excludes eosinophilic pneumonia ... of organizing pneumonia ... Distribution #Organizing #Pneumonia ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant
Langerhans cell histiocytosis is an uncommon disease characterised by multiple cysts in patients with nicotine abuse.
In
nodules, that later ... there is an upper lobe ... Radiology #CTChest #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis ... #LCH #Nodular #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
multiple small bilateral ... also organizing pneumonia ... Cryptogenic #Organizing #Pneumonia ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
Peripheral consolidations with upper lobe predominance (photo negative of pulmonary edema).
On
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... consolidations with upper lobe ... chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... #Eosinophilic #Pnemonia ... #RadiologyAssistant
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
post-obstructive pneumonia ... like organizing pneumonia ... chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... proteinaceous material ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant