x-rays Flashcards
signs of Heart Failure on xray
- Alveolar oedema (bat’s wings)
- kerley B lines (interstitial oedema)
- Cardiomegaly
- Dilated prominent upper lobe vessels (upper lobe diversions)
- Effusion (pleural)
DDx for consolidation on CXR
infection
infarction
inflammation
DDx for lobar collapse on CXR
mucus plugging
tumour
compression by lymphnodes
ddx for solitary nodules on cxr
bronchial carcinoma
single metastasis
localised pneumonia
lung abscess
tuberculoma
pulmonary infarct
rare:
benign tumour
hydatid cyst
rheumatoid nodule
aspergilloma (usually surounded by air halo)
ddx for multiple nodules on cxr
miliary TB
dust inhalation
metastates
healed varicella pneumonia
rheumatoid disease
ddx for ring shadows, trm-lines, tubular shadows
bronchiectasis
cavitating lesions ddx on cxr
tumour
abscess
infarct
pneumonia
increased translucency ddx on cxr
bullae
pneumothorax
ollgaemia
unilateral hilar enlargement on cxr ddx
TB,
bronchial carcinoma
lymphoma
bilateral hilar enlargemeent on cxr ddx
sarcoid,
tb
sillicosis
lymphoma