Chest radiography: Difference between revisions
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** Chronic cough | ** Chronic cough | ||
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** Pneumonia | ** [[Pneumonia]] | ||
** Pleural effusion | ** [[Pleural effusion]] | ||
** Heart failure | ** [[Heart failure]] | ||
** Lung cancer | ** [[Lung cancer]] | ||
== Findings == | == Findings == | ||
Latest revision as of 11:19, 4 December 2023
Chest radiography, often called chest x-ray, is a commonly performed radiological procedure. Some indications include:
- Symptoms
- Dyspnoea
- Chronic cough
- Suspicion of
Findings
See also 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
- Defined as a cardio-thoracic ratio > 50%
- White-out of a hemithorax
- Complete opacification of one hemithorax
- Differential diagnosis
- Total pneumonectomy
- Extended pleural effusion or hydropneumothorax
- Large mass obstructing airways, causing atelectasis of the whole lung
- Flattening of diaphragm
- Due to increased pressure/hyperinflation of lungs