Change:  reach diaphragm)If this was your patient, would they have gone home with an undiagnosed left lower lobe pneumonia?... back to the wikiRadiography home page... back to the Applied Radiography home page... back to the What is the Value of the Lateral Chest Projection? page   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 440)

Change: from the AP sitting projection by any person with skills in image interpretation, a less skilled observer could easily have missed this finding if a lateral projection image   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 409)

Change: This child has a left lower lobe consolidation which is likley to represent an acute pneumonia. The significant clue on the AP projection image is   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 382)

Change:  forwardsee below for labelled image There are airbronchogram lines demonstrated overlying the left heart shadow suggesting lefleft lower lobe (LLL) consolidation. These line are caused by airspace (alveolar) opacity in tehthe LLL assciatedassociated with a LLL infection (pneumonia)This is an example of silhouette sign   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 133)

Change: The image is taken with a CR system8 posterior ribs are demonstrated.The child is in a slightly lordotic psoitionpositionThe patient is not significantly rotated althouhghalthough the appearance of the right clavicle suggests the the child's right shoulder is positioned forwardsee below for labelled image   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 93)

Change: Created by M.J.Fuller Mar 7 2010, 7:48 PM EST for: no reason given