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(Created page with "'''Chest radiography''', often called '''chest x-ray''', is a commonly performed radiological procedure. Some indications include: * Symptoms ** Dyspnoea ** Chronic cough * Suspicion of ** Pneumonia ** Pleural effusion ** Heart failure ** Lung cancer == Findings == See also imaging of pneumonia. * White-out of a hemithorax ** Complete opacification of one hemithorax ** Differential diagnosis *** Total pneumonectomy *** Extended pleural effu...") |
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See also [[Pneumonia#Imaging|imaging of pneumonia]]. | See also [[Pneumonia#Imaging|imaging of pneumonia]]. | ||
* Enlarged cardiac shadow (cardiomegaly) | |||
** Defined as a cardio-thoracic ratio > 50% | |||
*** Meaning that the width of the heart is more than 50% the width of the chest wall on a standing PA x-ray | |||
** Causes | |||
*** [[Pericardial effusion]] | |||
*** [[Heart failure]] | |||
*** [[Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]] | |||
*** [[Dilated cardiomyopathy]] | |||
* White-out of a hemithorax | * White-out of a hemithorax | ||
** Complete opacification of one hemithorax | ** Complete opacification of one hemithorax | ||
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<noinclude>[[Category:Radiology]]</noinclude> | <noinclude>[[Category:Radiology]] | ||
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