Chest x-rays

What is minimum ribs should be seen in an upright chest radiograph?

• 8

• 9

• 10

• 11

A structure that can be used to differentiate between an anteroposterior (AP) and posteroanterior (PA) chest x ray is

• first ribs

• scapulae

• bronchus

• heart shadow

What is the abnormality seen in this Radiograph?

• Azygos lobe

• Cardiomegaly

• Dextrocardia

• Pectus excavatum

What is the purpose of asking the patient with large pendulous breasts to lift the breasts up and outward when positioning for chest xray?

• to eliminate lower lateral lung field

• to lessen the effect of breast shadows on lung field

• to beautify the image of lateral lung field

• to lessen the thickness of breast shadows

What is seen in this CXR?

• Atelectasis

• Hyperinflation

• Pleural effusion

• Hemothorax

Diffuse whiteness and infiltrates in the shape of a butterfly, describes what diagnosis?

• Pulmonary edema

• Atelectasis

• Pneumonia

• Barotrauma

If a picket fence sign is seen in a lateral neck x-ray, what disease would you suspect?

• Croup

• Epiglottitis

• Air bronchogram

• Asthma exacerbation

A lateral neck x-ray shows supraglottic narrowing with an enlarged and flattened epiglottis and swollen aryepiglottic folds, what is the patients pathology

• Epiglottitis

• Laryngotracheobronchitis

• Foreign body aspiration

• Status asthmaticus

What is seen in this x-ray

• Honeycombing

• Hyperinflation

• Pleural edema

• Pulmonary embolus

Honeycombing is used to describe what diagnosis

• ARDS or IRDS

• Atelectasis

• Pneumonia

• Tuberculosis