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Case 32: Chest PA View
Young Boy with fever
Right Lower Zone Consolidation with upper zone consolidates as well.
Silhouette Sign shows the consolidation to be in the right lower lobe
The heart (a soft tissue density structure - near white) lies adjacent to lung tissue (near air density - near black).
A crisp contour or 'silhouette' is formed at the interface of these two tissue densities.
Silhouette Sign : It refers to the loss of borders between two thoracic structures.?
Loss of clarity of the right heart contour (formed by the right atrium) implies disease of the right middle lobe
Loss of distinction of the left heart contour indicates an abnormality of the lingula
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Answer is RIGHT
Answer is WRONG
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