Friday, August 13, 2010

Recognizing A Technically Adequate Chest X-ray



What is the most likely diagnosis?

  • 37 year-old female with abdominal pain


Frontal radiograph of the pelvis
  1. Osteoblastic breast metastases
  2. Dermoid of the ovary
  3. Osteopoikilosis
  4. Pelvic fracture
  5. Multiple myeloma
Additional Images - Axial CT scan of the pelvis


Recognizing
A Technically
Adequate Chest X-ray

Factors to Evaluate
lPenetration
lInspiration
lRotation
lAngulation




You should be able to
just see the thoracic
spine through the
heart.





















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