Interpretation Chest X Ray Full Tutorial
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