Case: Paediatric radiograph #132043164
Paediatric Intermediate
Read this radiograph systematically before revealing the answer. What is the main abnormality?
Image: Hellerhoff via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized and converted to WebP
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Answer: Inhaled (aspirated) foreign body
What to look for in inhaled (aspirated) foreign body
- Unilateral hyperlucency that persists on expiration.
Description by the image author (may be in another language): Ventilmechanismus nach Aspiration: Nach Essen einer Pistazie anhaltender Husten. Jetzt im Röntgenbild Hypertransparenz der rechten Lunge, so dass der dringende Verdacht auf eine Aspiration mit Ventilmechanismus besteht. Bronchoskopisch konnte der Fremdkörper rechts bestätigt und geborgen werden.
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.
