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Module 1: Chest Radiology |
Case 5
LUL pneumonia with volume loss
- Note the difference when there are only two lobes
- Loss of heart borders/silhouetting
- Note anterior displacement of fissure on lateral view
- Dx: pneumococcal pneumonia; Incomplete collapse raises question of space-occupying abnormality such as pneumonia vs. incomplete atelectasis
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December 10, 1997