Respiratory

Question 1

what does COPD look like on a XRAY?

Answer 1

hyper inflated lungs, barrel chest, bullae

Question 2

what does bronchiectasis look like on a XRAY?

Answer 2

dilated bronchi with thickened walls, cystic shadows

Question 3

what do pleural effusions look like on a XRAY?

Answer 3

blunting of costophrenic angle, fluid in lung fissures, meniscus, trachea and mediastinal deviation

Question 4

what does a pneumothorax look like on a XRAY?

Answer 4

erect CXRAY. no lung markings, tracheal deviation away from pneumothorax

Question 5

what do lung tumours look like on a XRAY?

Answer 5

cannon-ball metastases
C: choriocarcinoma
R: renal cell carcinoma
E: endometrial carcinoma
S: synovial sarcoma
P: prostate carcinoma

Question 6

what does small-ell lung carcinoma look like on a XRAY?

Answer 6

round shadow, edge has spiked appearance, hilarious enlargement, consolidation, collapse

Question 7

what does pneumonia look like on a XRAY?

Answer 7

consolidation, multi-lobar

Question 8

what does tuberculosis look like on a XRAY?

Answer 8

patchy nodular shadows in upper zones, gohn focus, hilarious enlargement