The main regions where a chest X-ray may identify problems may be summarized as ABCDEF by their first letters: Airways, including hilar adenopathy or enlargement Breast shadows Bones, e.g. rib fractures and lytic bone lesions Cardiac silhoutte, detecting cardiac enlargement Costophrenic angles, including pleural effusions Diaphragm, e.g. evidence of free air, indicative of perforation of an abdominal viscus Edges, e.g. apices for fibrosis, pneumothorax, pleural thickening or plaques Extrathoracic tissues Fields (lung parenchyma), being evidence of alveolar flooding Failure, e.g. alveolar air space disease with prominent vascularity with or without pleural effusions نقلا عن ويكيبيديا
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 01:28:21 +0000
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