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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 ... must be located anteriorly ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... #RadiologyAssistant
Luftsichel Sign in Left Upper Lobe Collapse - Chest X-Ray

An upper lobe collapse causes the collapse
Luftsichel Sign ... segments to be pushed anteriorly ... #Sign #LUL #Collapse ... #clinical #radiology ... #Chest #XRay #CXR
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
lie against the anterior ... pathology in the lingula ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Cardiac #Incisura #RadiologyAssistant
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
the luft sichel sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Lobar #Collapse #Luftsichel ... #RadiologyAssistant
There is displacement of the azygoesophageal line both superiorly an inferiorly.
There is an air-fluid level (arrow).
Combined
region of the lingula ... prior aspiration pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Achalasia ... AirFluidLevel #Aspiration #RadiologyAssistant
Silhouette sign
This is a very important sign. It enables us to find subtle pathology and to
heart is located anteriorly ... bordered by the lingula ... When there is a pneumonia ... Diagnosis #Pathophys #Radiology ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
the silhouette sign ... The anterior and ... upper lobes join anteriorly ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... 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 ... appearance of the anterior ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pectus #Excavatum ... #RadiologyAssistant
On this lateral film there is too much density over the lower part of the spine.
By
is not in the anterior ... diaphragm, which is anterior ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant