Presentation
Acute shortness of breath. Medical admissions patient.
Patient Data
Age: 75 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Bat wings - pulmonary edema
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Even allowing for projection the heart is enlarged.
Diffuse bilateral perihilar consolidation in a bat wing configuration.
Small left basal pleural effusion.
Case Discussion
The classical appearances of pulmonary edema with bat wing appearance of the perihilar regions.