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Left upper lobe atelectasis
What are the findings?
 - Minimal volume loss with elevation of the left
, which is the collapsed ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #LUL # ... Lobar #Collapse ... #APWindow #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
fluid, pus, blood, cells ... including tumor cells ... Atelectasis - collapse ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
confirmed on the lateral ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #LLL #Lobar #Collapse ... #RadiologyAssistant
Previous normal chest x-ray (left) and CHF stage II with perihilar haze (right). On the left
x-ray (left) and CHF ... The lateral view ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #CHF # ... Engorgement #Thickening #RadiologyAssistant
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
lung but by the collapsed ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #RLL # ... Lobar #Collapse ... #RadiologyAssistant
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
as a result of collapse ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #RML # ... MiddleLobe #Lobar #Collapse ... SilhouetteSign #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
On the left another patient with congestive heart failure.
The lateral view nicely demonstrates the increased diameter
The lateral view ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Peribronchial ... PeribronchialCuffing #RadiologyAssistant
Here another case. On the PA-film a mass is seen that fills the aortopulmonary window. Final
diagnosis: small cell ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #APWindow ... Fullness #SCLC #RadiologyAssistant
Radiation Injury
Acute Radiation Toxicity primarily affects rapidly dividing cells based on dosage
Hematopoiteic - Pancytopenia, Infection
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rapidly dividing cells ... CNS - Circuatory collapse ... 1 Gy = ~10,000 CXRs ... lethal - MH/CCF