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CHEST X-RAY
.Anna Ben Ely M.D
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Willhem Konrad Roentgen 1895
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Effective dose equivalent from diagnostic medical exposures
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Positioning The standard chest examination : PA (posterioranterior) + lateral chest x-ray.
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Positioning left chest against the cassette
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AP supine film
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Lateral decubitus position
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Technically adequate
Inspiration
– diaphragm at the level of the 8th - 10th posterior rib or 5th - 6th anterior rib
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Technically adequate Penetration
PA : -thoracic spine disc spaces should be visible through the heart Lat: -“More black sign” -The sternum should be seen edge on posteriorly you should see two sets of ribs
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Technically adequate
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overpenetrated normal PA film
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Chest X-ray anatomy
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Bronchi
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Lobes and Fissures
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Lobes and Fissures
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Lobes and Fissures
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Diaphragm
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Mediastinum 1 Superior Vena Cava
2. Right Atrium 3. Aortic Arch 4. Edge of Main Pulmonary Artery 5. Left Atrial Appendage 6. Left Ventricle A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com
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Mediastinum 1. Trachea 2. Right Ventricle 3. Left Ventricle 4. Left Atrium 5. Right Pulmonary Artery A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com
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Pulmonary Vasculature A = Apical segmental bronchus B = Posterior segmental bronchus C = Anterior segmental bronchus D = Bronchus intermedius E = Truncus anterior F = Carina G = Right main pulmonary artery H = Left main pulmonary artery I = Right inferior pulmonary artery J = Right superior pulmonary vein K = Right middle lobe bronchus L = Right lower lobe bronchus M = Right inferior pulmonary vein N = Left Atrium O = Left superior pulmonary vein P = Apicoposterior segmental bronchus Q = Left upper lobe bronchus R = Lingular bronchus S = Left inferior pulmonary artery T = Left inferior pulmonary vein A Free sample background from www.powerpointbackgrounds.com
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Pulmonary Vasculature
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RPA passes behind the ascending aorta
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Mediastinum and Lungs
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Silhouette sign
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loss of lung/soft tissue interface
mass or fluid in the normally air filled lung
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Air Bronchogram
tubular outline of airway
filling of surrounding alveoli by fluid
causes : – lung consolidation – pulmonary edema – nonobstructive pulmonary atelectasis – severe interstitial disease – neoplasm – normal expiration
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Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
compare with prior films if available
nodule unchanged for two years - almost certainly benign
completely calcifiedbenign
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Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
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Atelectasis collapse or incomplete expansion of the lung
or part of the lung
– endobronchial lesion – extrinsic compression – cicatricial
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Atelectasis
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Atelectasis
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Pulmonary Edema
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"bat wing" pattern
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Kerley B lines
horizontal lines less than 2cm long commonly found in the lower zone periphery thickened, edematous interlobular septa
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Pneumonia Consolidation: air spaces filled with
bacteria or other microorganisms and pus is NOT associated with volume loss bacteria, viruses, mycoplasmae, fungi x-ray findings : – airspace opacity, – lobar consolidation – interstitial opacities – may have an associated parapneumonic effusion.
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Pneumonia
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Pleural Effusion CHF,
infection (parapneumonic), trauma, PE, tumor, autoimmune disease, renal failure
200 ml of fluid - frontal film 75ml – lateral Larger unilateral effusions are more likely
malignant
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Pleural Effusion
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Pneumothorax air
inside the thoracic cavity but outside the lung
spontaneous pneumothorax- without obvious inciting incident: idiopathic, asthma, COPD, pulmonary infection, neoplasm, Marfanâs syndrome, smoking cocaine most pneumothoraces are iatrogenic trauma tension PTX : air enters the pleural cavity and is trapped during expiration
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Pneumothorax
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Hydropneumothorax
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Emphysema
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Anterior Mediastinal Mass 4 "T's"
– Terrible lymphadenopathy – Thymic tumors – Teratoma – Thyroid mass aortic aneurysm pericardial cyst epicardial fat pad
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Anterior Mediastinal Mass
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Middle Mediastinal Mass The most common cause of a middle
mediastinal mass is lymphadenopathy
hiatial hernia aortic aneurysm thyroid mass duplication cyst bronchogenic cyst
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Middle Mediastinal Mass
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Posterior Mediastinal Mass Neoplasm Lymphadenopathy aortic aneurysm adjacent pleural or lung mass neurenteric cyst lateral meningocele
extramedullary hematopoiesis
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Posterior Mediastinal Mass
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Pericardial Effusion
400-500 ml of fluid
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Pneumomediastinum
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Trauma - Rib fracture
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