x ray specific Flashcards
What is reticular shadowing indicative of on the X-ray?
Interstitial lung disease
Give 3 causes of a lobar collapse
Neoplasm, mucus plug, foreign body.
Give 3 causes of lobar collapse.
Volume loss
Mediastinum shifted toward the side of collapse
Hilum pulled up or down
What is the main telling sign of a collapsed lung on x ray?
Loss of volume.
Dense opacification and the meniscus sign are significant of which pathology?
Pleural effusion
How will x rays show pleural effusion differently compared with consolidation?
Pleural effusion = more dense opacification.
Multiple pulmonary nodules can be a sign of what on xray?
Miliary TB.
Metastases
A cavitating lesion can be a sign of what on xray?
Reactivation of TB.
After seeing Kerley B lines, alveolar shadowing and bat wing shadowing, what could your diagnosis be?
Heart failure.
Small shadowing in top of lung is indicative of what?
Right upper lobe pneumothorax
How would a bronchogenic carcinoma show on the xray?
Single focal mass
Name three lines we could see on xray
Endotracheal tube
Central venous line
Nasogastric tube
