Case: Chest radiograph #8388936
Chest Beginner
Read this radiograph systematically before revealing the answer. What is the main abnormality?
Image: For the original image: unknown. For this edited version: Doruk Salancı . via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · source · resized and converted to WebP
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Answer: Lung cancer (mass)
What to look for in lung cancer (mass)
- Spiculated mass >3 cm.
Description by the image author (may be in another language): An x-ray image of a chest. Both sides of the lungs are visible with a growth on the left side of the lung, which could possibly be lung cancer. This is the edited version of the original one . Edited with Photoshop for some tonal correction via the Shadow/Highlight and Auto levels functions.
Educational case. The diagnosis comes from the image's documented source; the "what to look for" list describes the condition in general and is not a report of this individual image.
