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Split Pleura Sign on Chest CT
 • Contrast enhancement of the parietal and visceral pleura, separated
Pleura Sign on Chest ... CT • Contrast ... • DDx: Empyema ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
(EN) on Chest POCUS ... - What’s the diagnosis ... infected pleural effusion ... erodes into the chest ... #Lung
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
, like cyst, cavity ... pneumatocele, emphysema ... we describe a chest ... with a thin wall Emphysema ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
lesions than the chest ... can suggest the diagnosis ... The chest film shows ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Monod Sign on Chest CT
 • Air surrounding a fungal ball in a preexisting pulmonary cavity
Monod Sign on Chest ... CT • Air surrounding ... preexisting pulmonary cavity ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Empyema Necessitatis - Physical examination revealed a tender, bulging anterior thoracic mass and a small ulcerative
showed a pleural effusion ... extended through the chest ... Clinical #Pulm #Radiology ... #CT #Empyema #Necessitatis ... #NEJM
Malignant Complex Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
You are starting your RUSH exam on febrile/hypotensive patient with
on Lung POCUS ... Diagnosis? ... U/S could be empyema ... treatment.Had chest ... #Lung #POCUS #Pulmonary
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... ; empyema, M.tuberculosis ... pneumonia • Cavitary ... #differential #diagnosis ... #chestCT #radiology
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
cavity? ... injury to the lung ... large injury to lung ... Fr hemothorax/empyema ... ChestTube #Drains #Diagnosis
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... area of the left lung ... old calcified empyema ... Clinical #PCC #Radiology ... CXR #Oleothorax #NEJM