Case: Chest radiograph #79092175
Chest Beginner
Read this radiograph systematically before revealing the answer. What is the main abnormality?
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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): Plain chest x-ray (radiograph) of a patient diagnosed with HAPE. There are patchy infiltrates throughout the lung tissue, with predominant changes in the right middle lobe/right central hemithorax.
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.
