CXR Review

Question 1

Pneumothorax appearance

Answer 1

hyperlucency and absent lung markings + collapsed lung tissue

Question 2

Pneumothorax presentation

Answer 2

progressively worsening SOB without cough

sharp pain in left chest

Question 3

liquid in the lungs appears

Answer 3

Effusion looks like a straight across line, below which everything is opaque

Question 4

difficult to distinguish from bilateral pneumonia

Answer 4

pulmonary edema

Question 5

Florid heart failure aka? or a sign of? idk

Answer 5

pulmonary edema

Question 6

fluffy bilateral perihiliar infiltrate

Answer 6

pulmonary edema

Question 7

“bat-wing”/”angel-wing”/”butterfly” patter

Answer 7

pulmonary edema

Question 8

CHF symptoms

Answer 8

exertional dyspnea
fatigue
orthopnea
angina
syncope
edema/weight gain
ascites

Question 9

parapneumonic effusion

Answer 9

in the lecture was associated with untreated pneumonia

Question 10

Pulmonary effusion history

Answer 10

rheumatologic disease
malignancy
recent illness
trauma
recent travel
recent surgery

Question 11

Pulmonary effusion symptoms

Answer 11

fever, dyspnea/SOB

Question 12

COPD symptoms

Answer 12

productive cough
DOE
wheezing
use of accessory muscles

Question 13

COPD history

Answer 13

smoker

industrial exposure

Question 14

Pneumonia symtoms

Answer 14

cough
fever
SOB, DOE
chest pain

Question 15

Malignancy symptoms

Answer 15

weight loss
smoking history
fatigue
cough, hemoptysis
past malignancy

Question 16

subdiaphragmatic air aka

Answer 16

Pneumoperitoneum

Question 17

Subdiaphragmatic air history

Answer 17

Recent abdominal or pelvic surgery
trauma
Peptic ulcer disease
Duodenal ulcer
Bowel cancer
IBS