Interpretation Chest X Ray

Interpretation Chest X Ray

Radiographic Anatomy and Interpretation of the Chest and the Pulmonary System

Content about :

The normal CXR

> Technique

> lateral

> Anatomy

How to read a CXR

> The silhouette sign

> Suggested scheme for reading a frontal CXR

> Review areas

> Pitfalls

> ECg tabs

> Hair braids

> Film/screen artefacts

> Film kinking during processing

Pattern recognition

> Collapse

> Consolidation

> ground glass opacity

> Masses

> nodules

> lines

> Cavities

Abnormalities of the thoracic cage and chest wall

lung tumours

> CXR features of malignant tumours

> CXR features of benign tumours

> Bronchal carcinoma

> non-mass like tumours

> Pleural tumours

> The solitary pulmonary nodule

Pneumonias

> Bacterial pneumonia

Chronic airways disease

- Asthma

- Chronic bronchitis

- Emphysema

- Bronchiectasis

diffuse lung disease

- Fibrosis

- lymphangitis carcinomatosa

- lAM

- lCH

- Pulmonary sarcoid

- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP)

Pleural disease

- Pneumothorax

- Effusion

- Empyema

- Haemothorax

- Pleural calcifcation

- Mesothelioma

left heart failure

- Cardiomegally

- Interstitial oedema

- Blood diversion

- Consolidation

- Septal lines

- Effusions

- Cardiac

- Coarctation of the aorta

- Fallot’s tetralogy

- Cardiomegally

- Pericardial effusion

- Pericardial calcifcation

- Ventricular aneurysm

- Aortic aneurysm

Pulmonary embolic disease

Mediastinal disease

- Mediastinal tumours

- Hilar masses

- lymphadenopathy

- Mediastinal haemorrhage

- Mediastinal abscess

Trauma