Sunday 28 July 2013

CHEST X-RAY, PA AND LATERAL VIEWS - 25

CHEST X-RAY, PA AND LATERAL VIEWS

INDICATION FOR STUDY:           Post status trauma from motor vehicle accident.

FINDINGS:               An examination of the chest shows the lungs to be well expanded and free of active or acute disease.

Heart size and contour is normal.  The patient has a marked dextrorotatory scoliosis of the thoracic spine.  Obviously, this is not acute.

Hemidiaphragms are normal with clear costophrenic angles.  A lateral chest radiograph shows a clear retrocardiac space and the posterior sulcus is clear.

IMPRESSION:          No active or acute cardiopulmonary process is identified.


Thank you for the referral.
XXXXXXXXX, M.D.

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