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Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
or middle lobe collapse ... Lymphadenopathy • Pericardial ... Pneumomediastinum, Pericardial ... effusion • CXR ... Diagnosis #pulmonary #radiology
On the left another patient with a large cardiac silhouette on the chest x-ray due to
Pericardial effusion ... CT-reconstruction #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Cardiomegaly #Pericardial ... PericardialEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Pericardial cyst
Pericardial cysts are connected to the pericardium and usually contain clear fluid.
The majority of pericardial
Pericardial cyst ... Pericardial cysts ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Cyst #RadiologyAssistant
Left upper lobe atelectasis
What are the findings?
 - Minimal volume loss with elevation of the left
, which is the collapsed ... lobe #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... LUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #APWindow #RadiologyAssistant
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
since the heart or pericardial ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Cardiac #Incisura #RadiologyAssistant
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
opposite #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LLL #Lobar ... #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
Atelectasis - collapse ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Right upper lobe atelectasis
Findings:
1) triangular density
2) elevated right hilus
3) obliteration of the retrosternal clear space (arrow)
arrow) #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #RUL #Lobar ... #Collapse #LungCancer ... #RadiologyAssistant
Especially in patients who had recent cardiac surgery an enlargement of the heart figure can indicate
figure can indicate pericardial ... only a minimal pericardial ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTS #CXR #PostSurgical ... PericardialEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Calcifications
Detection of calcifications within the heart is quite common.
The most common are coronary artery calcifications and
Here we see pericardial ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pericardial ... #Pericarditis #RadiologyAssistant