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Unilateral Pleural Effusion – Differential Diagnosis
History: 70 year old male with shortness of breath and cough. Single frontal chest radiograph demonstrates a moderate sized left pleural effusion, enlarged cardiac silhouette and possible left lower...
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Lung Bullae – Bullous emphysema.
History: 50 year old male with chest pain. Lung Bulla: Single frontal radiograph of the chest shows a large right upper lung bulla. Notice left apical lucency, which may be compatible with subpleural...
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Asbestos Related Pleural Disease – Pleural Plaques and The Holly Leaf Sign
History: 60 year old male with shortness of breath. Single frontal radiograph of the chest shows multiple scattered and large, confluent pleural plaques with thickened and nodular outlines. Pleural...
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Pulmonary Metastatic Disease
History: 65 year old male with a history of “abdominal” malignancy presents with chest pain and shortness of breath. Pulmonary Metastatic Disease: Single frontal radiograph shows multiple scattered...
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Paraseptal Emphysema
History: 55 year old male with history of hypertension and diabetes presents with shortness of breath. Single axial CT scan through the chest shows multiple peripherally based, well demarcated...
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Pulmonary Hamartoma – Popcorn Calcification
History: 50 year old male with shortness of breath. Single frontal chest radiograph shows a solitary nodule in the left mid lung containing coarse “popcorn” calcifications. This pattern of...
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Kerley B Lines
History: 60 year old male with lower extremity edema and shortness of breath. Frontal radiograph of the chest demonstrates marked interlobular septal thickening with septal lines (Kerley B lines) and...
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Atelectasis
History: 60 year old male with fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Frontal radiograph through the chest shows obscuration of the mid portion of the left hemidiaphragm. Notice the medial left...
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Bronchitis – The B6 Bronchus
History: 65 year old male with productive cough. Frontal radiograph of the chest shows the bilateral B6 bronchi seen on end, with bronchial wall thickening, more so on the left, compatible with...
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