BACKGROUND Pneumothorax (PNX) is the collection of air between parietal and visceral pleura, and collapsed lung develops as a complication of the trapped air. PNX is likely to develop spontaneously in people with risk factors. However, it is mostly seen with blunt or penetrating trauma. Diagnosis is generally confirmed by chest radiography [posteroanterior chest radiography (PACR)]. Chest ultra...

In recent years, continuing trends in radiology have tended to diminish the importance of conventional thorax radiology. Computed tomography (CT), highresolution CT and magnetic resonance have been applied with great success to the investigation of a range of thoracic diseases. Used separately or in sequence, they have extended our ability to evaluate many diseases. Through the use of axial ima...

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CMAJ © 2010 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors 1 A36-year-old healthy man presented with a suspicious pleural effusion on the left side that had been found on a pre-employment chest radiograph. He denied having any respiratory symptoms, and there was no history of trauma. On examination, he had decreased breath sounds and tactile fremitus on the left side. A posteroanterior chest rad...

ID: 9840 Title: Dual Energy Chest Radiography Dual Energy Chest Radiography Visual detection of pulmonary abnormalities on screen-film radiographs is notoriously unreliable. Digital radiography can improve diagnostic accuracy due to its greater latitude, improved local contrast and more consistent image quality compared to screen-film systems. In addition to facilitating detection by traditiona...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of the chest radiograph in identifying patients with miliary tuberculosis. DESIGN Retrospective case-controlled review by three independent blinded chest radiologists. SETTING Provincial tuberculosis control center. PATIENTS Population-based sample, including all proved cases of miliary tuberculosis diagnosed in the Province of British Columbia, Cana...

Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on dialysis have poor overall survival, and cardiovascular (CV) is the main cause of mortality among these patients. Coronary calcification is an independent predictor of mortality and CV events in dialysis patients and can be accessed by using a computerized tomography scanning. The high cost of this procedure, however, precludes routine implementat...

The recent clinical image by Kumar and Mohan is very interesting1. In fact, the finding is not extremely uncommon in tropical countries. Based on our experience in Thailand, the prevalence is about 1/1000. An important consideration is the presumptive diagnosis of subcutaneous cysticercosis. Indeed, another important parasitosis that might present similar finding in chest radiography is spargan...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of sonographic pneumothorax detection by radiology residents as a part of extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma (eFAST). METHODS In a prospective study, a sonographic search for pneumothoraces was performed as part of a standard FAST examination by the on-call resident. Each lung field was scanned at the second to...