WorksheetsBASIC RADIOLOGY
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Case: 25 year old male who came in for physical examination. What is your diagnosis?
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Pneumonia
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Cardiomegaly
Normal Chest
Identify the laterality in 1.
Right or Left?
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(a)
Identify the laterality in 2.
Right or Left?
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(a)
The standard frontal view of the chest is the posteroanterior (PA) radiograph, or the “PA chest.” The terms posterior and anterior refer to the direction of the x-ray beam, which in this case traverses the patient from _________.
front to back
back to front
front to front
back to back
The normal chest image is always done on _____________.
inspiration
expiration
while talking
while singing
Identify the black dotted lines (2).
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(a)
Identify the structure shaded with green.
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(a)
Identify.
1
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(a)
The right upper lobe is separated from the middle lobe by the _____.
Minor fissure
Major fissure
Oblique fissure
Vertical fissure
Case: 30 year old female with sore throat. What is your impression?
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Pulmonary congestion
Pneumonia
Normal chest
Foreign body aspiration
Case: 69 year old female with difficulty of breathing.
This radiograph shows a "bat wing" pattern. What is your impression?
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Pulmonary congestion/edema
Pneumonia
Normal chest
Pneumothorax
Identify the structure.
C
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(a)
Identify the structure.
H
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(a)
The upper limit of normal CARDIOTHORACIC RATIO in PA view is _____________.
42 %
45 %
50 %
55 %
Cardiothoracic (CT) ratio measurements are unreliable on an anteroposterior image because of _____________.
cardiac magnification
the heart being closer to the film
edge unsharpness
grid effect
In a normal erect patient, gravity causes most blood to flow to the _____________.
lung apex
lung base
anterior lung
posterior lung
You should be familiar with this anatomy already.
The trachea bifurcates at the carina into the right and left main bronchi. The right has ________ lobar bronchi, and the left has ________lobar bronchi.
three;
two
two;
three
one;
two
two;
one
This is an erect chest radiograph showing air under the diaphragm.
What is your impression?
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Pleural effusion
Normal chest
Pneumoperitoneum
Pneumothorax
Case: 60 year old male with sudden onset of abdominal pain.
This abdominal radiograph shows a ‘coffee bean’–shaped loop of distended bowel crossing the midline and extending to the right upper quadrant. What is your impression?
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Intussusception
Sigmoid volvulus
Normal x-ray of the abdomen
Fecal retention
Case: 8 year old male who fell onto an outstretched hand.
This radiograph shows a fracture in what structure?
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(a)
