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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 ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... #Lingula #SilhouetteSign ... #RadiologyAssistant
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
CT demonstrates ... film and can suggest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... SepticEmboli #Cavity #RadiologyAssistant
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Signs/Symptoms: ... • Pleuritic chest ... infiltrate by chest ... radiograph or CT ... Yield of blood CX
On a normal lateral chest film the silhouette of the left diaphragm 2- can be seen
normal lateral chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... #RLL #Lateral #SilhouetteSign ... #RadiologyAssistant
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
view On the PA chest-film ... the silhouette sign ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR ... ParatrachealStripe #RadiologyAssistant
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 # ... Lobar #Collapse #SilhouetteSign ... #RadiologyAssistant
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
coughed up, a cavity can ... be seen on the chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... CavitaryPneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
On this lateral film there is too much density over the lower part of the spine.
By
anterior part of the chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... #RLL #Lateral #SilhouetteSign ... #RadiologyAssistant
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
we see an old chest ... On the CT we can ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... PulmonaryEmbolism #RadiologyAssistant
Pectus excavatum
In patients with a pectus excavatum the right heart border can be ill-defined, but this
produces a silhouette sign ... of the anterior chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pectus #Excavatum ... #RadiologyAssistant