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Change: ) notes "...[lordotic positioning] is extremely valuable in confirming the presence of middle lobe and lingular disease, often inconclusively demonstrated on the routine PA and
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Change: is appropriate for a RML or lingula pathology butappears seems too generous for patients with a solitary apical chest lesion.Lordotic Positioning for Lung ApicesCase 1The radiographer noted the presence of a lesion in the right
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Jul 20 2009, 4:28 AM EDT
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Change: suspected or known pathology is associated with the lung apices- eg tuberculosis. The same projection can be used to demonstrate the middle lobe of the right lung and the lingula segment of the left upper lobe.TechniquePositionThere are a variety of techniques
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Mar 22 2009, 8:08 AM EDT
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Change: PB-322 Radiologic Technologypowerpoint presentationX-ray Beam ConingThe normal principles and practices of good coning should not be abandoned when considering the lordotic technique. The coning technique used with this image is appropriate for a RML or lingula pathology but seems too generous for a solitary apical lesion.Lordotic
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Mar 22 2009, 8:07 AM EDT
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Change: There were only format changes (bold, italics, etc.) in this version. See this version for details.
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Mar 22 2009, 7:55 AM EDT
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Change: The Apical Lordotic Technique in Patients with LUL PathologyThis patient presented to the Emergency Department with PUO. The PA chest image demonstrated increased density in the left apex. There
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Mar 22 2009, 7:51 AM EDT
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Change: of LUL consolidation CommentThe lordotic projections still have a place in plain film imaging of the chest. The performing of lordotic views shows thought on the part of the radiographer and will potentially be appreciated by the reporting radiologist/referring doctor....back to the Applied Radiography home page
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Mar 22 2009, 7:48 AM EDT
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Change: were consistent with LUL consolidation. The lateral view was not convinsingconvincing in demonstrating the patholgy.pathology. Largely for want of another view of the pathology, the radiogarpherradiographer perfomedperformed an apical lordotic.The apical lordotic image supoertedsupported the diagnosis of LUL consolidation
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Mar 22 2009, 7:47 AM EDT
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Change: This patient presented to the Emergency Department with PUO. The PA chest image demonstrated increased density in the left apex. There is a suggestion of airbronchogram lines indicative of airspace opacity. In addition, the aortic knocle is partially obscured. The appearances were consistent with LUL consolidation. The lateral
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Mar 22 2009, 7:27 AM EDT
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Change: smooth edged density in thean apicesapice which does not correspond with a rib.rib (arrowed). This supported the possibility that the RUL apical lesion was pleural basedThe apical lordotic view also supported the lesion being external to
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Mar 22 2009, 7:18 AM EDT
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Change: desnitydensity in the apices which does not correspond with a rib. This supported the posiibilitypossibility that the RUL apical lesion was pleural basedThe apical lordotic view also supported the lesion being external to the lung. The LUL opacity is also demonstrated but adds no new information.Lordotic
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Mar 22 2009, 7:17 AM EDT
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Change: The lateral view was performed with arms folded across head, which helps to demonstrate the upper lobes. There is an additional linear desnity in the apices which does not correspond with a rib. This supported the posiibility that the RUL apical lesion was pleural basedThe apical lordotic
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Mar 22 2009, 6:52 AM EDT
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Change: The right cardiac border is not clearly seen suggesting silhouette sign associated with collapse and/or consolidation (white arrow). The appearance is a little inconclusive- the same appearance can be seen in patients wth pectus excavatus K Ashizawa, MD, K Hayashi, MD, N Aso, MD and K Minami, MD Lobar
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Mar 22 2009, 6:34 AM EDT
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Change: This covers both basic approaches- angle the beam or angle the patient. A third approach which can be useful is to use some patient lordosis positioning and some cephalic tube angulationadapted from Meschan, I. 1955 An Atlas of Normal Radiographic Anatomy Saunders, London in http://www.e-radiography.net/technique/chest/Chest_apical.htm With ambulant
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Mar 22 2009, 6:29 AM EDT
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Change: There are a variety of techniques both PA/AP and erect/supine/prone. The important factor in all approaches is that the clevicles should be projected superiorly clear
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Mar 22 2009, 5:28 AM EDT
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Change: ofif the pathology is associated with the lung apices- eg tuberculosis. The same projection can be used to demonstrate the middle lobe of the right lung and the lingula segment of the left upper lobe.TechniquePositionConingThe normal principles and practices of
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Mar 22 2009, 2:21 AM EDT
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Change: (possibly(also possibly less common in an age of high resolution CT scanning). When the anatomy of interest is the lung apices, the view is sometimes referred to as an apical lordotic view- apical refers to the anatomy and lordotic refers
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Mar 22 2009, 2:18 AM EDT
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Change: Renamed from The Apical Lordotic Technique by Mar 22 2009, 2:18 AM EDT for: Rename
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Mar 22 2009, 2:18 AM EDT
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