An 11 year old boy with a right hemithorax deformity and diminished breathing sounds in the right lung was referred to our department, following examination by a physician due to knee pain caused by flat-footedness. He had a history of recurrent viral infections of the upper airways in early childhood since the age of 3 yrs. He has been free of pulmonary complaints. Bronchitis was diagnosed onl...

cent hemithorax is seen at frontal chest radiography are often encountered. Because such an abnormality is related to various conditions, including radiographic artifacts, chest wall abnormalities, pulmonary vascular disorders with reduced perfusion, and lung parenchymal abnormalities with air trapping or compensatory overexpansion, a radiographic finding of increased radiolucency involving one...

An 82-year-old man visited our outpatient department due to fever and cough for 5 days. He denied significant epigastralgic pain or heart burn in the past. The physical examination was unremarkable and the laboratory data were within normal limits. Chest radiograph (CXR) showed opacity with an air–fluid level in the right lower hemithorax behind the right heart and obscuring the right hemidiaph...