CXR Flashcards
Normal PA view: upright
Normal lateral view
left of large line: upper lobe
right of large line: lower lobe
below short line: middle lobe
PA view: ideal view
can see spinous processes
air bronchogram: classic in pneumonia
ASD with air bronchogram
bilateral air space disease with a little air bronchogram: left side pleural effusion
infiltrate
with bilateral infiltrate on CXR
sputum: rusty
pneumonia
cardiomegaly with perihilar infiltrate
bilateral alveolar infilatrate: see dots that are most abundant at hilum
CHF before and after Lasix
batwing infiltrate: pulmonary edema (CHF)
cephalization: earliest radiologic sign of CHF
cardiomegaly
left: normal
right: cephalization: flow is no longer caudal
fluid in the fissures: can see in CHF
presented with hemoptysis and blood in urine
pulmonary hemmorhage: Good pasture’s
reticulonodular pattern: sarcoidosis
reticlular: crisscrossing of lines
reticularnodular pattern
reticular nodular pattern
paratracheal or bilateral hilar adenopathy with or without reticular infiltrates
sarcoidosis
Possible causes of hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy
lymphoma
histoplasmosis
phenytoin
TB
Castleman’s Disease
HIV
Sarcoidosis (Dx of exclusion)
non-caseating granuloma: sarcoidosis
honeycomb pattern: endstage IPF (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis)
COPD: flat diaphragm
COPD: flat diaphragm
Bullous Emphysema