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Left Atrium
 - The upper posterior border of the heart is formed by the left atrium.
Atrium - The upper posterior ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Ventricle #Cardiac #Chambers ... #RadiologyAssistant
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
anteriorly in the left lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Pneumonia #Lingula #SilhouetteSign ... #RadiologyAssistant
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
The anterior and posterior ... anteriorly and posteriorly ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR ... ParatrachealStripe #RadiologyAssistant
On a normal lateral chest film the silhouette of the left diaphragm 2- can be seen
can be seen from posterior ... bordered by the lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RLL #Lateral #SilhouetteSign ... #RadiologyAssistant
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
Atrium - Most posterior ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Atrium #Ventricle ... #Cardiac #Chambers ... #RadiologyAssistant
The azygoesophageal recess is the region inferior to the level of the azygos vein arch in
which the right lung ... vertebral column posteriorly ... cyst #Clinical #Anatomy ... Azygoesophageal #Recess #RadiologyAssistant
The contours of the left and right diaphragm should be visible.
The right diaphragm should be visible
the air in the lungs ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR ... Hemidiaphragm #RadiologyAssistant
Mediastinal lines
Mediastinal lines or stripes are interfaces between the soft tissue of mediastinal structures and the
structures and the lung ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Paratracheal #RadiologyAssistant
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
• Look at the CXR ... since a prior CXR ... the WATER SEAL chamber ... injury to the lung ... • For fluid -> posterior
Lateral view
On a normal lateral view the contours of the heart are visible and the IVC
upper lobes of the lung ... more radiolucent lung ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR ... Normal #Labeled #RadiologyAssistant