Items tagged “set-piece”

Getting a film with an anterior mediastinal mass in the exam is one of the many exam set-pieces that can be prepared for. The film goes up and after a couple of seconds pause, you need to start talking: CXR There is a left sided mediastinal mass that makes obtuse angles with the mediastinal c...

Getting a film with miliary nodules in the exam is one of the many exam set-pieces that can be prepared for. The film goes up and after a couple of seconds pause, you need to start talking: Chest radiograph There are multiple tiny soft-tissue density nodules present throughout both lungs with...

Getting a film with right upper lobe collapse in the exam is one of the many exam set-pieces that can be prepared for. Description There is increased opacification in the right upper zone with associated volume loss - rib spacing is reduced, midline structures displaced to the right and the ri...

Getting a film with a pneumothorax in the exam is one of the many exam set-pieces that can be prepared for.   It is unlikely that they will give you a simple pneumothorax - so, it is worthwhile considering the likely causes and whether it is under tension. Miss it at your peril (both in real li...

Getting a film with Kerley lines in the exam is one of the many exam set-pieces that can be prepared for. Radiographic features Plain radiograph There are bilateral basal interstitial lines that extend to the pleural surface - these are septal (Kerley B) lines. There is slight asymmetry of th...