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Review over identifying certain diseases on a chest radiograph
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tetralogy of Fallot | Boot Shaped Heart |
| Transposition of Great Arteries | Egg Shaped Heart |
| Which two pathologies require a lateral neck x-ray as opposed to a CXR? | Croup and Epiglottitis |
| Pulmonary Edema | Fluffy infiltrates in a batwing pattern |
| ARDS | Reticulogranular honeycomb pattern |
| Atelectasis | Patchy infiltrates with crowded air bronchograms |
| Pneumonia | Air bronchograms |
| Pulmonary Embolism | Peripheral Wedge-Shaped Infiltrate |
| Pleural Effusion | Blunted costophrenic angles |
| Tuberculosis | Cavitation in the apices (upper regions) of the lungs |
| Laryngotracheobronchitis (croup) | Steeple Sign |
| Epiglottitis | Thumb Sign |
| Optimally Exposed CXR | Vertebrae and lung markings are clearly visible. |