Chest radiography

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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 effusion or hydropneumothorax
      • Large mass obstructing airways, causing atelectasis of the whole lung
  • Flattening of diaphragm


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