Case 1
A 52 year-old male is admitted with shortness of breath and chest pain.
1. What is the main abnormality?
a) Lung parenchymal abnormality
b) Pleural abnormality
c) Mediastinal abnormality
d) Bony abnormality
e) Soft tissue abnormality
Case 2
A 47 year-old male presents with fevers, night sweats and cough.
1. What is the best description for the radiographic finding(s)?
a) Lung parenchymal nodules
b) Lung parenchymal nodules and bilateral pleural effusions
c) Lung parenchymal nodules and bilateral hilar adenopathy
d) Lung parenchymal nodules and consolidation
e) Consolidation
Answers
Case 1
1. b) Pleural abnormality. They are calcified pleural plaques (the so-called “holly leaf” pattern of calcification) in a patient with previous exposure to asbestos. Calcification in pleural plaques is linear when seen in profile but when viewed “en face” the appearances …