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Mediastinal shift away from affected side suggests a _____ pneumothorax.

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Tension

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Why is free air inside the chest cavity a problem?

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Chest cavity is normally under vacuum. Air increases pressure and cuts off venous return of blood to the heart.

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Type of pneumothorax that occurs in hospitals after a lung biopsy.

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Iatrogenic

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Type of pneumothorax caused by rib fx, stab wound, bullet wound.

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Traumatic

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Type of pneumothorax that has no known cause.

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Spontaneous

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Best X-ray view to see pleural effusion

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Lateral decubitus

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An effusion containing pus

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Empyema or pyrothorax

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An effusion containing blood

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Hemothorax

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An effusion containing little or no proteins or solids

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Transudate

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An effusion containing cells, proteins, or solids

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Exudate

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Blunting of the costophrenic angle is a sign of ______.

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Pleural effusion

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Calcified aortic arch may present on X-ray (PA chest) as _____

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Thumbnail sign

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Cardiomegally is indicated when the heart is > _______% of the cardio-thoracic ratio on PA view.

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50%

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Reed-Sternberg cells indicate _______

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Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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Lung field S-shape caused by edge of elevated minor fissure and hilar mass in RUL atelactasis is ________.

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Golden’s S shape

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Lung cancer in apices is ________

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Pancost tumor

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A large uncalcified peripheral mass in the lung is ______

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Large cell or giant cell cancer

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Most aggressive lung cancer. Classic at hilar or mediastinum. Worst prognosis.

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Oat cell cancer

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AKA for Oat cell cancer

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Small cell cancer

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MC carcinoma at central region of lung. Can present as thick wall cavity.

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Squamous cell

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Most common type of lung cancer in non smokers.

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Adenocarcinoma

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MC location of lung adenomocarcinomas

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Periphery

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MC cause of cancer deaths.

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Pulmonary carcinomas

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Pathognomonic of cavitation in lungs

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Fluid levels

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Lung field with popcorn ball nodules is probably an indication of _____.
B9 lesion
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Difference between a nodule and a mass
Mass > 3 cm, nodule < 3 cm
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Type of atelactasis caused by contraction of organizing scar
Cicratrization
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MC type of atelactasis
Obstructive
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Focal pleural plaques adjacent to ribs suggest ______.
Asbestosis
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Eggshell hilar lymph node calcification and millary pattern of lung suggests ________.
Silicosis
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Loss of lung volume due to incomplete fillingq of air spaces in part or entire lung.
Atelactasis
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Organism responsible for nosocomial infection leading to pneumonia
Staph klebsiella
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Exposure of recirculated air causes _______ pneumonia from Legionella.
Legionnaire's
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Organism responsible for walking pneumonia
Mycoplasma
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Aka for walking pneumonia
Atypical pneumonia
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Organism that causes pneumonia in AIDS patients
Pneumocystis carinii
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MC type of pneumonia in children
Viral
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Transverse, non branching linear densities extending all the way to the chest wall.
Kerely B lines
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Anthracosis is caused from inhalation of _____ dust.
Coal
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Silicosis is caused from xs inhalation of _____
Silica
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Prolonged inhalation of iron oxides may cause _________.
Siderosis
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Chronic inhalation of moldy hay may cause ________
Farmer's lung
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Prolonged exposure to bird droppings may cause
Bird breeders lung
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Prolonged exposure to sugar cane dust may cause _______.
Bagassosis
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General term for disease associated with prolong inhalation of dusts.
Pneumoconiosis
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A bilateral multitude of small, 1-3 mm, discrete pulmonary nodules is probably _____
Millary TB
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AKA for secondary TB
Reactivation TB
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MC location of secondary TB
Apices of the lung
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Name of the test used for hypersensitivity of TB antigens
PPD, purified protein derivative
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Calcified hilar nodes and Ghon focus
Ranke complex
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Ranke complex is related to which disease
Post primary TB
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Ghon lesion is related to which disease
Primary TB
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Boeck's disease AKA
Sarcoidosis
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Potato nodes are seen in which disease
Sarcoidosis! Stage 1
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What stage of sarcoidosis is the honeycomb pattern found?
Stage 3, end stage
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The 1, 2, 3 sign is seen in which disease
Stage 1 sarcoidosis
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Location of carina
Bifurcation of trachea
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Everything in the chest but the lungs and pleurae is known as ______
Mediastinum
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Two substances of the same density touch each other and blur the edges between them is known as ________
The silhouette sign
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MC fissure seen in chest X-ray
Azygous fissure
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Which hemidiaphragm is higher?
Right
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Calcified hilar nodes and Ghon focus
Ranke complex
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Ranke complex is related to which disease
Post primary TB
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Ranke complex is related to which disease
Post primary TB
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Calcified hilar nodes and Ghon focus
Ranke complex
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Ranke complex is related to which disease
Post primary TB
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Ghon lesion is related to which disease
Primary TB
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The 1, 2, 3 sign is seen in which disease
Stage 1 sarcoidosis
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Location of carina
Bifurcation of trachea
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Location of carina
Bifurcation of trachea
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Two substances of the same density touch each other and blur the edges between them is known as ________
The silhouette sign
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The spine is part of which part of the mediastinum
Posterior
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The spine is part of which part of the mediastinum
Posterior

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