The Unofficial Guide to Radiology:
100 Practice Chest X-Rays,
with Full Colour Annotations and
Full X-Ray Reports

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CONTENTS
Introduction 3
Foreword 6
Abbreviations 7
Contributors 8
Standard Cases 11
Intermediate Cases 79
Advanced Cases 153
Case Study Index 217
Index 219

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INDEX
A
Abscess
liver, 171–172
lung, 137–138
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), 115–116
Aneurysm, see Left ventricular aneurysm, calcified
Aorta unfolding, 13–16, 73–74, 145–146, 193–196, 207–208
Aortic dissection, 103–104, 117–118
Apical pneumothorax, 113–114
ARDS, see Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Asbestos, 151–152
Atelactasis, 177–178, 195–196, 209–210
Atrial enlargement, see Left atrial enlargement
Azygos lobe, 183–184
B
Bilateral consolidation, 41–42
Bone metastasis, sclerotic, 207–208
Breast cancer, 63–64, 105-6, 195–196
Breast prosthesis, 93–94
Bronchiectasis, 135–136
C
Calcified pleural plaques, 151–152
Cardiomegaly, 209–210, 211–212
aortic dissection, 103–104
pulmonary oedema, 21–22, 125–126, 163–164
Carina, splayed, 205–206, 213–214
Chilaiditi’s sign, 141–142
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), 77–78, 101–102, 121–122, 191–192, 197–198, 199–200, 201–202, 215–216
Clavicle fracture, 111–112
Coin, see Swallowed foreign body
Collapse
left lower lobe collapse, 77-78
left upper lobe collapse, 29–30, 87–88
right lower lobe collapse, 23-24
right middle lobe collapse, 199–200
right upper lobe collapse, 25–26, 75–76
Consolidation
bilateral consolidation, 41–42
costophrenic angle consolidation, 151–152
left lower lobe consolidation, 27–28, 33–34
left lower lobe consolidation and pseudotumor, 179–180
lingula consolidation, 35–36
lower left zone consolidation, 141–142
multifocal consolidation, 109–110
retrocardiac consolidation, 81–82, 103–104
right lower zone consolidation, 45–46
right middle and lower zone consolidation, 49–50
right middle lobe consolidation, 83–84, 149–150
right upper lobe consolidation, 13–14, 57–58, 213–214
COPD, see Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Costophrenic angle blunting, 15–16, 21–22, 33–34, 45–46, 49–50, 53–54, 67–68, 81–82, 101–102, 121–122, 125–126, 139–140, 147–150, 179–180, 203–206, 211–212, 215–216
D
Dextrocardia, 91–92
E
Emphysema, 101–102, see also Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
surgical, 127–128
traumatic, 119–120, 139–140
Empyema, 203–204
Endotracheal tube, 135–136
F
Fibrosis, see Upper zone fibrosis with mycetomas
Foreign body, see Surgical swab, retained; Swallowed foreign body
Fracture
clavicle, 111–112
Hickman line, 89–90
humerus, 145–146
G
Golden’s S sign, 25–26
Granulomatous vasculitis, 53–54
Ground glass opacification, 177–178
H
Heart failure
left ventricular aneurysm, calcified, 211–212
pulmonary oedema, 21–22
Hemidiaphragm
elevated right, 105–106
tenting, 127–128
Hiatus hernia, 13–14, 19–20, 147–148, 213–214
Hickman line, fracture, 89–90
Hilar lymphadenopathy, 161–162
Hilum
bulky, 25–26
depression, 23–24
displacement, 213–214
hilar lymphadenopathy, 21–22, 157–158
masses, 17–18, 25–26, 73–74, 87–88
Horner’s syndrome, 197–198
Humerus fracture, 145–146
Hydatid cyst, 149–150
Hydropneumothorax, 97–98
I
Inspiration,
inadequate, 65–66, 67–68, 81–82, 113–114
Internal jugular line, 135–136
Intra-aortic balloon pump, 163–164