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The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
shows a silhouette sign ... looking at the lateral ... must be located anteriorly ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
sail sign or posterior ... Tenderness to lateral ... recommendations MH/CCF ... #Radiology #XRay ... #Diagnosis #Management
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
sail sign or posterior ... can't make A-OK sign ... recommendations MH/CCF ... #Humerus #Radiology ... #XRay #Diagnosis
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
Fractures (medial/lateral ... , neuropraxia (anterior ... can't make A-OK sign ... recommendations MH/CCF ... #XRay #Diagnosis
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
the luft sichel sign ... #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,
More Specific Signs ... Less Specific Signs ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR ... #management #cardiology
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
border (silhouette sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... RML #MiddleLobe #Lobar ... SilhouetteSign #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 ... The anterior and ... upper lobes join anteriorly ... #CXR #Normal #Labeled
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
Pectus excavatum
In patients with a pectus excavatum the right heart border can be ill-defined, but this
produces a silhouette sign ... The lateral view ... appearance of the anterior ... #CXR #Pectus #Excavatum ... #RadiologyAssistant