Case: Chest radiograph #7371914
Chest Beginner
Read this radiograph systematically before revealing the answer. What is the main abnormality?
Image: Frank Gaillard , Jeremy Jones via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized and converted to WebP
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Answer: Pulmonary oedema (heart failure)
What to look for in pulmonary oedema (heart failure)
- Bat's wing opacity.
- Kerley B lines.
- Cardiomegaly.
- Upper lobe diversion.
- Effusions.
Description by the image author (may be in another language): AP portable CXR of a patient in acute pulmonary oedema. Image from Radiopaedia.org case here . Image courtesy of Dr Jeremy Jones
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.
