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Silhouette Sign on Chest X-Ray
Loss of the margin between two opposing structures of the same radiographic
RUL – right paratracheal ... stripe • RML – ... heart border • RLL ... hemidiaphragm • LUL ... CXR #diagnosis #radiology
Luftsichel Sign in Left Upper Lobe Collapse - Chest X-Ray

An upper lobe collapse causes the collapse
in Left Upper Lobe ... Sometimes the LLL ... the air in the LLL ... #LUL #Collapse ... #clinical #radiology
Here we have a patient with atelectasis of the right upper lobe as a result of
Notice the deviation ... atelectasis of the left ... position of the left ... arrow) #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #RUL #Collapse
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
Left lower lobe ... diaphragm is lost ... opposite #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LLL #Lobar ... #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
atelectasis of the left ... segment to creep all ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #LUL ... #Lobar #Collapse
A common finding in atelectasis of the right upper lobe is 'tenting' of the diafphragm (blue
the right upper lobe ... tenting' of the diafphragm ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #RUL #Lobar ... #Collapse #Tenting
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
diaphragm with ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #LUL ... #Lobar #Collapse ... #Luftsichel #Sign
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
border (silhouette sign ... as a result of collapse ... elevation of the right diaphragm ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #RML