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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
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... weight loss or long ... an acute lobar pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias ... responses of the lung ... involvement of the lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... ILD #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
First study the CXR.
Notice the subtle increased density in the area behind the heart that needs
was a lower lobe pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LLL #Pneumonia ... #Subtle #SilhouetteSign ... #RadiologyAssistant
First study the CXRs.
There is a subtle consolidation in the left lower lobe in the hidden
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... Retrocardiac #SpineSign #SilhouetteSign ... #RadiologyAssistant
Batwing
A bilateral perihilar distribution of consolidation is also called a Batwing distribution.
The sparing of the periphery
periphery of the lung ... it is seen in pneumonias ... seen in chronic lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
post-obstructive pneumonia ... - Lung neoplasms ... like organizing pneumonia ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... excludes eosinophilic pneumonia ... of organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Lobar pneumonia ... Organizing pneumonia ... nodular interstitial lung ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Consolidation #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
On a normal lateral chest film the silhouette of the left diaphragm 2- can be seen
bordered by the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... #RLL #Lateral #SilhouetteSign ... #RadiologyAssistant