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Answer 1 Right middle lobe pneumonia (abnormal whiteness in the right lung) 3
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Answer 2 Right Pneumothorax Treatment by aspiration 5
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Answer 3 Left pleural effusion 7
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Answer 4 Pulmonary edema (Bilateral white lung fields) 9
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Answer 5 Pulmonary tuberculosis 11
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Answer 6 Malignant pleural effusion with pulmonary metastases 13
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Answer 7 Consolidation left lung 15
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Answer 8 Right pleural effusion Next investigation - Aspiration of this effusion and sent for cytology, microbiology and chemistry 17
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Answer 9 Hodgkin’s lymphoma Mediastinal and right supraclavicular lymphadenopathy is present. Confirm by lymph node biopsy 19
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Answer 10 Patient has pulmonary edema secondary to mitral and aortic valve disease 21
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Answer 11 Pericardial effusion There is enlargement of heart shadow 23
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Answer 12 Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy Likely cause with this clinical history - SARCOIDOSIS 25
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Answer 13 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (Bilateral black lungs) 27
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Answer 14 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (Bilateral black lungs) 29
How to read chest X-ray Identify problems as ABCDEF A – Airway (Trachea position) B – Bones (Ribs) Breast shadow in female C – Cardiac enlargement Costrophrenic and Cardiophrenic angles D – Diaphragm (evidence of free air below diaphragm) E – Edges (Apices of lung for fibrosis) F – Fields (Lung fields for any abnormality) 30
CHEST X-RAY White Lung Field 1. Pleural effusion 2. Consolidation 3. Collapse 4. Cavitating lung lesion 5. Left ventricular failure 6. Fibrosis 7. Pneumonectomy 8. Asbestos plaques 9. Bronchiectasis 10. Miliary shadowing 31
CHEST X-RAY Black Lung Field 1. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2. Pneumothorax 3. Tension Pneumothorax 4. Pulmonary embolus 32
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