The Chest X-Ray Database
The Chest X-Ray Database
This radiograph demonstrates typical findings of pulmonary edema. The vessels are hazy with indistinct margins. Kerley B lines are seen peripherally. There are bilateral layering pleural effusions creating a gradient of opacification extending from the bases. Bibasilar opacities are silhouetting the diaphragm and the right heart border, representing a combination of pleural effusions and associated atelectasis.
A dual-lumen central venous catheter is also in place.
This radiograph demonstrates a right pneumothorax without evidence of tension physiology. This case was iatrogenic due to an inadvertently damaged diaphragm during an abdominal surgery. Linear subsegmental atelectasis is also noted projecting over the left heart.
This radiograph demonstrates a malpositioned enteric tube which is looped in the oropharynx/hypopharynx. There are a number of incidental findings including an appropriately positioned endotracheal tube, a loop recorder projecting over the left chest wall, postsurgical changes of sternotomy with a prosthetic aortic valve, and a Watchman left atrial appendage occlusion device which is difficult to see on the default window and level. The lung volumes are low overall with some linear subsegmental atelectasis in the left lung base.