Lateral Chest Radiography, is it a Forgotten Study? Systematic Analysis in 8 Easy Steps and Correlation with Computed Tomography

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Lateral Chest Radiography, is it a Forgotten Study? Systematic Analysis in 8 Easy Steps and Correlation with Computed Tomography

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Presented in 2014

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Luis Alberto Ruiz Elizondo MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Regina De La Mora Cervantes MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Mary Carmen Herrera-Zarza MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Daniel Alejandro Guerrero MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Victor Alfonso Ortega Marrugo MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Jose Manuel Cardoso MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Gerardo Villegas MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Jose Luis Criales Cortes MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

To describe a systematic analysis approaching the lateral chest x-ray with computed tomography correlation. To review the normal anatomy, including some common anatomical variants seen on the lateral radiograph. To determine the main pathologies that obliterate the different areas delineated in the lateral radiograph

Development of systematic analysis and differential diagnosis including promptly 8 steps: 1. Retrotracheal clear space: Vascular anomalies, esophageal entities, lung cancer, thyroid pathology 2. Anterior clear space (retrosternal): Lymphoma, timoma, teratoma, infectious disease, hematoma. 3. Retrocardiac clear space: Hiatal hernia, pneumonia, esophageal disease, pleural effusion, left ventricle hypertrophy. 4. Posterior space (vertebral): Neurogenic tumors, extra medullary hematopoiesis, infectious disease. 5. Inferior hilar window: Lymphadenopathies, tumors. 6. Aortopulmonary window: Lymphadenopathies, tumors. 7. Heart and great vessels: Cardiomegaly, pulmonary hypertension, aneurisms. 8. Large airways: Tumors, cysts.

http://abstract.rsna.org/uploads/2014/14015742/14015742_l2bp.pdf

Ruiz Elizondo, L, De La Mora Cervantes, R, Herrera-Zarza, M, Guerrero, D, Ortega Marrugo, V, Cardoso, J, Villegas, G, Criales Cortes, J, Lateral Chest Radiography, is it a Forgotten Study? Systematic Analysis in 8 Easy Steps and Correlation with Computed Tomography. Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14015742.html