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Here another patient who had valve-replacement.
Notice the large heart size.
There is redistribution of the pulmonary vessels
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CTS #CXR #PostSurgical ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... PulmonaryEdema #RadiologyAssistant
Especially in patients who had recent cardiac surgery an enlargement of the heart figure can indicate
minimal pericardial effusion ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTS #CXR #PostSurgical ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... PericardialEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... with signs of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... 70% of cases of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural ... #RadiologyAssistant
There is a large pericardial effusion, which is located posteriorly to the left ventricle (blue arrow).
The
large pericardial effusion ... left ventricle id ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTS #CTChest #PostSurgical ... PericardialEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Congestive heart failure
The findings are:
 - bilateral perihilar consolidation with air bronchograms and ill-defined borders
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bronchograms and ill-defined ... like to look at old ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... compared to the old ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Exacerbation ... #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
In daily clinical ... comparison with old ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
restricted to areas ... small pleural effusions ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Organizing #Pneumonia #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
formation may create ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Old #RibFracture ... #Pseudotumor #RadiologyAssistant