February 2016 imaging case of the month

No abstract available. Article truncated after first page. Clinical History: A 78 year-old woman presented to her physician for routine care. Her past medical history included hyperlipidemia, hypothyroidism, gout, hypertension, and arthritis. Although she was asymptomatic, screening frontal and late...

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Main Author: Gotway MB
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona Thoracic Society 2016-02-01
Series:Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
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Online Access:http://www.swjpcc.com/imaging/2016/2/4/february-2016-imaging-case-of-the-month.html
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Summary:No abstract available. Article truncated after first page. Clinical History: A 78 year-old woman presented to her physician for routine care. Her past medical history included hyperlipidemia, hypothyroidism, gout, hypertension, and arthritis. Although she was asymptomatic, screening frontal and lateral chest radiography (Figure 1) was performed. Which of the following statements regarding the chest radiograph is most accurate? 1. The frontal chest radiograph shows a poorly defined nodular opacity in the left upper lung; 2. The frontal chest radiograph shows abnormal mediastinal contours; 3. The frontal chest radiograph shows basal predominant fibrotic abnormalities; 4. The frontal chest radiograph shows large lung volumes with a cystic appearance; 5. The frontal chest radiograph shows no abnormal findings. ...
ISSN:2160-6773