Supine Cross-Table Lateral Chest Roentgenogram for the Detection of Pericardial Effusion

JAMA ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 257 (23) ◽  
pp. 3266 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Heinsimer
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (25) ◽  
pp. 2238-2241
Author(s):  
Dhruba Borpatra Gohain ◽  
Sujan Dibragede ◽  
Amrita Das ◽  
Tanaya Sarma

A 53-year-old male presented to our tertiary care center with complaints of palpitation and difficulty in breathing on exertion which was insidious in onset and gradually progressive. He had a history of back ache and significant weight loss. His physical examination and initial laboratory work up revealed no obvious abnormality. His initial radiological investigation involved chest roentgenogram which revealed cardiomegaly with mediastinal widening and haziness in left lower lung zone (Figure 1). His (electrocardiogram) ECG revealed normal sinus rhythm. Later, patient underwent echocardiography which revealed normal systolic flow with a mass extending up to pericardium (measuring 6.9 x 4.1 cm) in left atrium obstructing mitral flow and minimal pericardial effusion. He was sent to our department for contrast enhanced computerised tomography (CT) thorax scan to evaluate the extension of the left intra atrial mass which revealed a heterogeneously enhancing circumferential wall thickening in mid oesophagus extending from T7 - T11 for an approximate length of 8.3 cm with a single wall thickness of 2.3 cm in left lateral wall. There was also a heterogeneously enhancing lobulated soft tissue density mass with hypodense area within measuring 6.4 (CC) x 7.3 (AP) x 7.9 (TR) cm in left paraesophageal region infiltrating into adjacent pulmonary vessels and left atrium forming a large intracavitary mass with collapse of adjacent lung parenchyma and pericardial effusion with a maximum depth of 1.7 cm (Figure 2 & 3). Multiple enlarged lymph nodes were noted in paratracheal, pretracheal precranial and perivascular regions, largest measuring 1.2 cm in SAD in paratracheal regions (Figure 2B). Based on the imaging findings we made the diagnosis of malignant oesophageal growth with metastatic paraesophageal nodal mass infiltrating into adjacent pulmonary vessels and left atrium forming a large intra-cavitary mass. On following up, endoscopic workup revealed a nodular growth in oesophagus extending from 33 to 38 cms with intact overlying mucosa (Figure 4). On histopathological examination of the specimen taken from the oesophageal growth revealed to be squamous cell carcinoma infiltrating to muscle coat.


1971 ◽  
Vol 10 (02) ◽  
pp. 135-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melvin Golden ◽  
Carol Walsh ◽  
Sam Halpern

SummaryA method is described for the manufacture of 99mTechnetium lung scanning agent that incorporates nearly 100% of the technetium eluate and can be made from bulk solutions in about sixteen minutes. These particles were used to study the value of the lung scintiphoto as a screening procedure for pulmonary disease; comparing it with the posterior-anterior and left lateral chest roentgenogram, and the timed vital capacity. Many perfusion defects, sometimes multiple, were found to be present in lungs with normal chest roentgenograms. Perfusion abnormalities were noted in people with normal and near normal timed vital capacities. We feel that the lung scintiphoto may be a useful adjunctive screening test for pulmonary disease.


Radiology ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saul Scheff ◽  
Eugene G. Laforet

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