Abnormal Pulmonary Density Discovered on Routine Chest Radiograph

Abnormal pulmonary density discovered on routine chest radiograph.

Figure 4. Enhanced CT image of the liver shows enlargement of the hepatic artery (arrows). Innumerable small, irregular vascular liver lesions are again seen (arrowheads). Figure 1. Posteroanterior radiograph of the chest demonstrates an abnormal density (arrows) in the inferior portion of the left lung. Figure 2. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest (lung window) shows a lobulated mass (arrow...

An abnormal chest radiograph.

Volume 90, Number 1 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 47 A 24-year-old asymptomatic man requested a chest radiograph for routine tuberculosis screening. He did not have difficulty breathing, palpitations, chest pain, or edema. His medical history was significant for scoliosis and Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome, a rare genetic condition that causes short stature, broad thumbs and toes, hirsu...

Chest discomfort and abnormal chest radiograph.

An abnormal chest radiograph in a patient with recurring high altitude pulmonary edema.

A 40-year-old man with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was admitted for evaluation of dyspnea, nonproductive cough, and fever of five days' duration. Six months earlier, he had been treated at another hospital for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and was subsequently begun on therapy with 3T-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT). His past medical history was remarkable for the presence of a...

Tuberculin conversion and abnormal chest radiograph in an infant.

A 15 month old girl, who had not received bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, and who had no known exposure to tuberculosis, was hospitalized because of Salmonella enteritis. The child also suffered from persistent coughing. The primary routine Mantoux skin test with 100 tuberculin units (TU) was remarkably positive (20 mm induration) for the first time, so that tuberculin conversion was def...