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Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
density within the lung ... substances resulting in lobar ... tissue of the lung ... Atelectasis - collapse ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Left upper lobe atelectasis
What are the findings?
 - Minimal volume loss with elevation of the left
, which is the collapsed ... Radiology #CXR #Lateral ... #LUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #APWindow #RadiologyAssistant
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
surrounded by aerated lung ... but by the collapsed ... Radiology #CXR #Lateral ... #RLL #Lobar #Collapse ... #RadiologyAssistant
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
confirmed on the lateral ... Radiology #CXR #LLL #Lobar ... #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
looking at the lateral ... anteriorly in the left lung ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
the chest the lung ... inferior part of the lung ... anteroinferior side on the lateral ... Radiology #CXR #Lateral ... Cardiac #Incisura #RadiologyAssistant
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
- Bilateral ... pleural effusions, lobar ... collapse, lung ... collapse, or pulmonary
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... most likely a lobar ... weight loss or long ... This was an acute lobar ... #Pneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
Batwing
A bilateral perihilar distribution of consolidation is also called a Batwing distribution.
The sparing of the periphery
Batwing A bilateral ... periphery of the lung ... seen in chronic lung ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
density on the lateral ... as a result of collapse ... RML #MiddleLobe #Lobar ... #Collapse #SilhouetteSign ... #RadiologyAssistant