Pericardial Cyst: Unexpected Finding on a Chest Radiograph

Pericardial Cyst: Unexpected Finding on a Chest Radiograph

A 32-year-old female presented to the emergency department after a motor vehicle collision with complaints of thoracic back pain. Further history was not obtainable owing to marked ethanol intoxication. Vital signs and physical examination were unremarkable except for a mild tachycardia, which resolved with intravenous fluids. A chest radiograph was obtained (Figure 1). Medical records’ review ...

Chilaiditi Sign: Rare Incidental Finding on Chest Radiograph.

A 68-year-old male with a history of prostate cancer presented with a two-day history of fever and left flank pain. Vital signs included a temperature of 39.4 degrees Celsius with 93% oxygen saturation and heart rate of 112 beats per minute. An upright chest radiograph showed concern for free intraperitoneal air (Figure) with a white blood cell count of 17.3. A computed tomography of the abdome...

A giant pericardial cyst.

An abnormal chest radiograph.

Volume 90, Number 1 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 47 A 24-year-old asymptomatic man requested a chest radiograph for routine tuberculosis screening. He did not have difficulty breathing, palpitations, chest pain, or edema. His medical history was significant for scoliosis and Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome, a rare genetic condition that causes short stature, broad thumbs and toes, hirsu...

The Chest Radiograph

The chest radiograph accounts for a very significant proportion of imaging throughout the world. It often represents the first imaging step, not only in diseases that focus on the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, but in systemic illness. For this reason, its ubiquity can be beguiling. There is an inclination to feel that because one grows up with the chest radiograph, there must be an in...