This document provides an overview of chest x-ray criteria, normal anatomy, and abnormalities that can be seen on chest x-rays. It discusses the proper technique for chest x-rays and includes sections on evaluating the heart, lungs, bones, diaphragm and mediastinum. Examples of common pathologies that can be identified on chest x-rays are given, such as pneumonia, lung cancer, tuberculosis, and metastases. Different abnormal heart shapes seen in conditions like cardiomegaly, transposition of the great vessels, and Fallot's tetralogy are also described.
17. REPORT ITEMS + SUMMARY OF LESIONS
Clear both lung fields
Clear costophrenic angles = No pleural effusion.
Normal cardiac size and shape.
No hilar adenopathy or mediastinal masses
Intact bony thorax. No bony cervical ribs
Impression
NORMAL CHEST X-RAY
46. EMPHYSEMA
marked hyperinflation of the
lungs
flattened diaphragm,
increased retrosternal air space
hyperlucency of the lungs
distorted parenchymal
architecture.
Ribbon shaped heart