NMWH
08-26-2010, 06:34 AM
The main regions where a chest X-ray may identify problems may be summarized as ABCDEF by their first letters:i
Airways, including hilar adenopathy or enlargement *
Breast shadows *
Bones, e.g. rib fractures and lytic bone lesions *
Cardiac silhoutte, detecting cardiac enlargement *
Costophrenic angles, including pleural effusions *
Diaphragm, e.g. evidence of free air *
Edges, e.g. apices for fibrosis, pneumothorax, pleural thickening or plaques*
Extrathoracic tissues *
Fields (lung parenchyma), being evidence of alveolar filling *
Failure, e.g. alveolar air space disease with prominent *
vascularity with or without pleural effusions
source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chest_radiograph
Airways, including hilar adenopathy or enlargement *
Breast shadows *
Bones, e.g. rib fractures and lytic bone lesions *
Cardiac silhoutte, detecting cardiac enlargement *
Costophrenic angles, including pleural effusions *
Diaphragm, e.g. evidence of free air *
Edges, e.g. apices for fibrosis, pneumothorax, pleural thickening or plaques*
Extrathoracic tissues *
Fields (lung parenchyma), being evidence of alveolar filling *
Failure, e.g. alveolar air space disease with prominent *
vascularity with or without pleural effusions
source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chest_radiograph