Category: Chest
Azygos fissure
Clinical: An 8 years old boy Presented with fever and cough for one week Clinical examination shows crepitations at right lower zone Radiographic findings: There are air space opacities at…
Opaque hemithorax with contralateral mediastinal shift
Clinical: A 53 years old man Underlying hypertension Presented with chronic cough and worsening shortness of breath Associated with constitutional symptoms. Radiographic findings: There is total opacification of the left…
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Clinical: A 26 years old man Non-smoker with no previous medical illness Presented with chronic cough and constitutional symptoms Completed TB vaccination Radiographic findings: A large cavitating lesion with surrounding…
Opaque hemithorax with ipsilateral mediastinal shift
Clinical: A 66 years old man Presented with chronic cough and worsening shortness of breath Associated with constitutional symptoms Radiographic findings: There is opacity of the whole left hemithorax. Obliteration…
Unfolded aorta
Clinical: An 84 years old man. Admitted for acute urinary retention Subsequently diagnosed Benign prostatic hypertrophy Noted abnormal chest radiograph (incidental finding). Radiographic findings: There is widening of mediastinum. The…
Mediastinal mass
Case contribution: Dr Radhiana Hassan Clinical: A 22 years old lady Presented with non-productive cough for one month Also has shortness of breath on exertion for 2 weeks Associated loss…
Lung adenocarcinoma
Clinical: A 33 years old lady Non-smoker Presented with chronic cough and recent onset of shortness of breath Associated with constitutional symptoms Radiographic findings: Numerous small nodular opacities are seen…
Persistent left SVC
Clinical: A 73 years old man Underlying DM and HPT CT scan done for lung carcinoma CT scan findings: Apart from lung mass with mediastinal nodes (images not shown), incidental…
Foreign body in trachea
Clinical: A 12 years old girl Had a pin at her lips to put on head scarf Alleged accidentally swallowed it Radiographic findings: There is dense opaque linear foreign body…
Upper lobe diversion
Clinical: A 50 years old man Long standing poorly controlled hypertension Presented with shortness of breath No fever and no cough Radiographic findings: There is cardiomegaly evidenced by increased cardiothoracic…