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Here a typical lobar consolidation.
First study the images, then continue reading.
The findings are:
increased density with ill-defined
borders in the left lung ... the heart silhouette ... is in the lower lobe ... a consolidated lobe ... pneumoniae, TB and lung
Lung Segment Anatomy Annotated on Chest CT
Right Lung:
 • Upper Lobe: Apical, Posterior, Anterior
 • Middle
Lung Segment Anatomy ... : • Upper Lobe: ... Posterior Left Lung ... Lung: • Upper ... lang=us #Lung #
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
areas where the lung ... these borders lung-soft ... Silhouette - for ... where the upper lobes ... important mediastinal-lung
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 ... most likely a lobar ... weight loss or long ... This was an acute lobar
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
loss of cardiac silhouette ... the left upper lobe ... Since the silhouette ... of the middle lobe ... #Lateral #LUL #Lobar
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
Left lower lobe ... this is lower lobe ... see the lower lobe ... the atelectatic lobe ... Radiology #CXR #LLL #Lobar
Cystic Lung Disease
Upper Lobe Predominant: 
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Pneumocystis Jiroveci, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Paracoccidioidomycosis,
Cystic Lung Disease ... Upper Lobe Predominant ... Disease Lower Lobe ... nickmmark #Cystic #Lung
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
PA-film shows a silhouette ... anteriorly in the left lung
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
The upper lobe is ... There is a lung ... cyst in the upper lobe ... with a cystic lung ... LAM is a rare lung
When auscultating, you want to start in the same place every time, typically the patient’s right
’s right upper lobe ... the left upper lobe ... #auscultation #lung