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Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Middle mediastinal, Posterior ... Lymphadenopathy • Pericardial ... Pneumomediastinum, Pericardial ... effusionCXR ... #radiology
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
since the heart or pericardial ... fat or effusion ... chest x-rays and should ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Cardiac #Incisura #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 ... #RadiologyAssistant
Pericardial effusion
Whenever we encounter a large heart figure, we should always be aware of the possibility
Pericardial effusion ... heart figure, we should ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Pericardial #Effusion ... PericardialEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Here another patient who had valve-replacement.
Notice the large heart size.
There is redistribution of the pulmonary vessels
redistribution of the pulmonary ... #CTS #CXR #PostSurgical ... ValveReplacement #Pericardial ... #Effusion #PericardialEffusion ... PulmonaryEdema #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
stomach bubble should ... with signs of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Previous normal chest x-ray (left) and CHF stage II with perihilar haze (right). On the left
x-ray (left) and CHF ... diameter of the pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... #Thickening #RadiologyAssistant
On the left another patient with congestive heart failure.
The lateral view nicely demonstrates the increased diameter
The lateral view ... diameter of the pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Peribronchial ... PeribronchialCuffing #RadiologyAssistant
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
blood from the pulmonary ... On the lateral view ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Atrium #Ventricle ... Cardiac #Chambers #RadiologyAssistant
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
gallop rhythm), and laterally ... pleural effusions ... → no signs of CXR ... of obstructive epicardial ... diagnosis #management #cardiology