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    Chest X-ray

    The basic principles about the chest X-ray examination.

    Chest X-ray
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    Normal Anatomy

    The pleural cavity is formed by the visceral pleura (= membrane attached to the lungs) and the parietal pleura (= membrane attached to the surrounding structures). The pleurae outline both lungs and are invisible on a normal chest x-ray (fig. 6).

    The lung lobes are separated by interlobar fissures; the place where the visceral pleurae touch each other (fig. 6). The visceral pleura is very thin (< 1 mm) and is visible only when it is thickened or hit tangentially by the X-ray beam.

    Pleural cavity is formed by the visceral pleura and parietal pleura Pleural cavity is formed by the visceral pleura and parietal pleura
    Figure 6. The pleural cavity is formed by the visceral pleura and parietal pleura. The pleurae outline both lungs. Sinus pleura: the most caudal part of the pleural cavity.
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    Literature: sources and author

    Text & illustrations

    drs. A. van der Plas, MSK radiologist Maastricht UMC+
     
    Sources:

    • W. R. Webb MD, C. B. Higgins. Thoracic Imaging: Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Radiology (second edition, 2011).
    • L. R Goodman. Felson’s Principles of Chest Roentgenology (third edition, 2011)
    • J.E.Takasugi, J.D. Godwin. Radiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Radiol Clin North Am. 1998 Jan;36
    • S. Whitley et al. Clark’s Positioning in Radiography (12th Edition)

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