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Left upper lobe atelectasis
What are the findings?
 - Minimal volume loss with elevation of the left
left upper lobe #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #LUL # ... Lobar #Collapse #APWindow ... #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
70% of cases of CHF ... On a lateral image ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural ... PleuralEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
a patient with signs ... of CHF. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Stage II - Interstitial edema
Stage II of CHF is characterized by fluid leakage into the interlobular
as peripheral short ... perpendicular to the pleura ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #KerleyB ... Intersitial #Edema #RadiologyAssistant
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #Luftsichel #Sign ... LuftsichelSign #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... pleural effusions ... → no signs of CXR ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
Other signs of CHF ... edema and some pleural ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Exacerbation ... #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #Luftsichel #Sign ... LuftsichelSign #RadiologyAssistant
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
the silhouette sign ... we will discuss later ... lymphadenopathy, pleural ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR
Recognition of a pneumothorax depends on the volume of air in the pleural space and the
of air in the pleural ... lucency of the lateral ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax ... #RadiologyAssistant