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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 ... coughed and now his chest ... previously removed chest ... erodes into the chest ... #Chest #Lung
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
attached to the chest ... is a possible diagnosis ... LAM is a rare lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax
Sand Storm Sign on Chest CT
 • Diffusely dense pulmonary micronodular calcifications. Note the black pleural
Storm Sign on Chest ... CT • Diffusely ... arrow) • DDx: PAM ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
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
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... throughout the lungs ... Miliary #Pattern #Chest ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CT
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... old calcified empyema ... treatment for pulmonary ... #CXR #Oleothorax ... #NEJM
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
pneumatocele, emphysema ... we describe a chest ... visible wall #CXR ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
Assessment of Chest ... assessment of Chest ... : is the chest tube ... • If a chest tube ... CHEST TUBE OUTPUT
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
periphery of the lung ... may aid in the diagnosis ... confirmed with chest ... CT angiography. ... #photo #CXR #EmergencyMedicine