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Chest Xrays Flashcards

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What are the causes of canonball mets on CXR?

A 
Breast Ca
Colorectal 
Renal cell Ca
Bladder Ca
Prostate Ca
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What are ‘tramlines’ on CXR associated with?

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Bronchiectasis

Also get signet rings

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What are the causes of ‘white out’ of a hemithorax with a trachea towards the whiteout?

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Pneumonectomy
Complete lung collapse (eg endobronchial intubation)
Pulmonary hypoplasia

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What are the causes of ‘white out’ of a hemithorax with a trachea away from the whiteout?

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Pleural effusion
Mass lesion
Diaphragmatic hernia

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What are the causes of ‘white out’ of a hemithorax with a central trachea?

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Consolidation
Pulmonary oedema
Mesothelioma

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Causes of mediastinal widening?

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Thoracic aortic aneurysm 
Lymphoma
Retrosternal goitre
Teratoma
Tumours of the thymus
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What organism causes an air crescent sign on CXR or CT?

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Aspergillus

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What is a monad sign on radiology found in?

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Aspergilloma

Air around the lesion

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