Airways and lung collapse

  • Normal reference chest x-ray
  • Radiation fibrosis chest x-ray
  • Pneumonectomy chest x-ray
  • Mesothelioma chest x-ray
  • Collapse and effusion chest x-ray
  • Lung collapse and effusion CT scan
  • Volume loss due to hilar mass chest x-ray
  • Left lower lobe collapse chst x-ray
  • Right upper lobe collapse chest x-ray
  • Volume loss and phrenic palsy chest x-ray
  • Left upper lobe collapse chest x-ray
  • Left upper lobe collapse CT scan

Left upper lobe collapse CT

Left upper lobe collapse CT

This is a CT slice through the chest of the patient seen in the previous chest x-ray. Note the following appearances.

  • Abrupt occlusion of the left upper lobe bronchus (arrow)
  • Collapse of the left upper lobe (shaded area) causing volume loss of the whole left hemithorax
  • Deviation of the mediastinum to the left

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