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Fig 1 Right pneumothorax. The right side of the lung is blacker, and the lung edge is seen (arrow). There is no
mediastinal shift and therefore no tension
Pneumothorax
It is important to view around the periphery of the lungs to look for a pneumothorax (air in the pleural space with associated
collapsed lung). It is very easy to miss
a pneumothorax. Watch out for the
following signs:
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Fig 2 Left tension pneumothorax with shift of the mediastinum to the right. The lung edge is arrowed
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Fig 4 Left and right lower lobe air space shadowing in an ITU patient
Fig 6 Recticular-nodular shadowing caused by lung fibrosis (circled). Note how the heart has lost its normal smooth
outline and seems shaggy
Zones
Any
Any
Appearances
Confluent shadowing
Air bronchograms
Linear/reticular/nodular
shadowing
Causes
(differential
diagnoses)
Pus (infection/consolidation)
Inflammation leading to
fibrosis (industrial lung
disease, inflammatory
arthritides, inflammation of
unknown cause, sarcoid)
Blood
(Goodpastures syndrome)
Tumour cells
(alveolar cell carcinoma)
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