Cases to read, scroll and learn from.
Real imaging studies with the history, findings and discussion. Switch on quiz mode to hide the answer and test yourself first.
Normal chest radiograph
Pre-employment health check. No symptoms.
Left pneumothorax
Sudden left-sided pleuritic chest pain and breathlessness.
Right lower zone pneumonia
Three days of fever, productive cough and right-sided pleuritic pain.
3 Pleural effusion
Progressive breathlessness over several weeks. Dull percussion note at the base.
Saddle pulmonary embolism
Sudden breathlessness and collapse ten days after hip surgery. Tachycardic and hypoxic.
2 Cardiogenic pulmonary edema
Worsening breathlessness and orthopnoea. Bibasal crackles and ankle swelling.