6 results
Luftsichel Sign in Left Upper Lobe Collapse - Chest X-Ray

An upper lobe collapse causes the collapse
Luftsichel Sign ... collapse causes ... LUL #Collapse #clinical ... #radiology #Chest ... #XRay #CXR
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
in fact this is caused ... , which causes the ... the luft sichel sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
the right lower lobe ... multiple ill-defined masses ... the differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
Pectus excavatum
In patients with a pectus excavatum the right heart border can be ill-defined, but this
produces a silhouette sign ... the right middle lobe ... helpful in such cases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pectus #Excavatum
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
this pattern was caused ... challenging differential diagnosis ... the central dot sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... This patient’s clinical ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... does a better job ... not seen on a CXR