BASIC RADIOLOGY

Case: 25 year old male who came in for physical examination. What is your diagnosis?

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• Pneumonia

• Pulmonary tuberculosis

• Cardiomegaly

• Normal Chest

Identify the laterality in 1.

Right or Left?

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Identify the laterality in 2.

Right or Left?

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The standard frontal view of the chest is the posteroanterior (PA) radiograph, or the “PA chest.” The terms posterior and anterior refer to the direction of the x-ray beam, which in this case traverses the patient from _________.

• front to back

• back to front

• front to front

• back to back

The normal chest image is always done on _____________.

• inspiration

• expiration

• while talking

• while singing

Identify the black dotted lines (2).

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Identify the structure shaded with green.

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Identify.

1

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The right upper lobe is separated from the middle lobe by the _____.

• Minor fissure

• Major fissure

• Oblique fissure

• Vertical fissure

Answer explanation

The right upper lobe is separated from the middle lobe by the horizontal (minor) fissure.

The middle lobe is separated from the right lower lobe by the right oblique (major) fissure.

The left upper lobe is separated from the left lower lobe by the left oblique (major) fissure.

Case: 30 year old female with sore throat. What is your impression?

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• Pulmonary congestion

• Pneumonia

• Normal chest

• Foreign body aspiration