Radiology Flashcards
A patient is admitted with pyrexia, dyspnoea and a productive cough. On chest X-ray, the left heart border is obscured.
Lingular pneumonia
A 20 year old male patient complains of shortness of breath. On chest X-ray his left oblique fissure is displaced, and the medial left hemidiaphragm is obscured.
Left lower lobe collapse
A 20 year old male patient complains of shortness of breath. On lateral chest X-ray his oblique fissure seems to be very anterior, and on PA chest X-ray his left heart border is obscured and there is a veil-like opacity.
Left upper lobe collapse
An 18 year old man is admitted with sudden onset shortness of breath and is complaining of right-sided chest pain. On examination he is tachycardic, tachypnoeic and hypertensive. His right side is hyperresonant when percussed. His PA chest X-ray shows a line parallel to the right chest wall and trachea is deviated to the left.
Right-sided tension pneumothorax
A 60 year old woman is admitted to hospital by her GP. She has been unwell for the past few days and has not responded to the GP’s initial treatment. On examination she is tachycardic, tachypnoeic, pyrexial and mildly hypertensive. On percussion her right middle zone is dull. Her PA chest X-ray shows loss of the right heart border.
Right middle lobe pneumonia
A 20 year old male patient complains of shortness of breath. On PA chest X-ray his right horizontal fissure is displaced. There is an opacity in his upper right zone.
Right upper lobe collapse
