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Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
Cavitary Lesion ... Air-Fluid Level on Chest ... and pleuritic chest ... david_furfaro #Cavity ... #Cavitary #CXR
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 ... #CXR #LungCancer ... #Cancer #Cavity ... #Cavitary #RadiologyAssistant
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
, like cyst, cavity ... we describe a chest ... as: Cavity - lucency ... CavitaryLesion #Cavity ... #Cyst #Lung #Pulmonary
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
lesions than the chest ... The chest film shows ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #SepticEmboli #Cavity
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
within a mass or an area ... the surrounding lung ... Cysts occur without ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cavity
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
On the left a chest ... findings on the chest ... thick walls of the cysts ... Whenever you see a chest ... #CXR #CTChest #
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
cyst has formed ... the infarcted area ... we see an old chest ... density on the chest ... #CXR #CTChest #
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
coughed up, a cavity ... be seen on the chest ... consolidation and the cavity ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Cavity #Pneumonia
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
• Look at the CXR ... cavity? ... since a prior CXR ... injury to the lung ... large injury to lung
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
US beats CXR on ... time, cost, accuracy ... orient in line on long ... course based on chest ... #clinical #ultrasound