CXR

Question 1

spine sign

Answer 1

lungs should get darker as you go down - whiteness can inidcate pneumonia

Question 2

5 signs of airspace disease

Answer 2

1. filling in of acini (air space)
2. air space nodules
3. consolidation
4. air bronchograms
5. sillouette sign

Question 3

5 causes of airspace disease

Answer 3

1. water- pulm edema
2. pus -
3. blood
4. protein
5. tumor

Question 4

what are air bronchograms

Answer 4

normally cannot see bronchi, but when the rest is white, becomes visible due to contrast

Question 5

what is silourette sign

Answer 5

effacement of a structure by a process of similar density

Question 6

2 atypical signs of infection

Answer 6

1. cavity
   - bacteria
   - TB
   - fungal infection
2. miliary
   - TB
   - Fungal

Question 7

def. cavitations

Answer 7

air pockets

Question 8

def. miliary

Answer 8

tiny dots everywehre

Question 9

3 signs of intersitial disease

Answer 9

1. reticular - net-like
2. nodular
3. reticulonodular

Question 10

4 signs of edema

Answer 10

1. pleural effusions/cardiomegaly
2. vascular redistribution/enlargement
3. intersistial changes
4. alveolar edema

Question 11

4 signs of interstitial changes

Answer 11

1. indistinct pulm. vasculature
2. kerly lines
3. fissurale thinkenings
4. bronchial cuffing

Question 12

2 signs of alveolar edema

Answer 12

1. peripheral airspace disease

2. batwing or butterfly signs