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Chilaiditi Sign on Chest X-Ray
Anterior interposition of the colon between the hemidiaphragm and the liver.
Chilaiditi sign
Chilaiditi Sign ... on Chest X-Ray Anterior ... Chilaiditi sign ... #Sign #Chest #XRay ... #CXR #clinical
Pneumoperitoneum vs Pseudo-Pneumoperitoneum aka Chilaiditi Sign
It mimics pneumoperitoneum and it is thus important to diagnose it
Sign It mimics ... thus important to diagnose ... #Sign #clinical ... #radiology #cxr ... #xray #chest
Lungcancer
10% of lungcancers cavitate, most commonly squamous cell carcinoma.
Small cell lungcancer does not cavitate.
Bronchoalveolar carcinoma, or
Here a chest x-ray ... large cavitating lung ... cancer, which started ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LungCancer
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 ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #SepticEmboli #Cavity
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... gallop rhythm), and laterally ... : weight gain, lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR
Diffuse consolidation in bronchoalveolar carcinoma
The chest x-ray shows diffuse consolidation with 'white out' of the left
carcinoma The chest ... The disease started ... Final diagnosis: ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
features on the chest ... In daily clinical ... chronic obstructive lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
granulomas within the lungs ... renal failure Clinical ... e.g. incidental CXR ... dyspnea, cough, chest ... #Management #Signs
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
neuroexam - Oral cavity ... disease b) CHF ... Change in clinical ... Stable patients ... change CV risk Chest
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... x-ray (CXR), try ... not seen on a CXR ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary