Case: Chest radiograph #12218942
Chest Beginner
Read this radiograph systematically before revealing the answer. What is the main abnormality?
Image: Hellerhoff via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized and converted to WebP
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Answer: Pneumonia (consolidation)
What to look for in pneumonia (consolidation)
- Dense RUL opacity bounded by the horizontal fissure.
- Air bronchograms.
- No volume loss.
Description by the image author (may be in another language): Pneumonia in chest X-ray. See also course after antibiotic therapy .
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.
