Flash information
- Observation
- A broad cardiac silhouette accompanies bilateral basal abnormalities.
- Limitation
- Projection can magnify apparent heart size.
Definition
The source attributes this radiograph to heart failure.
Reading method
Review cardiac silhouette, hila and bases.
Morphological description
A broad cardiac silhouette accompanies bilateral basal abnormalities.
Source context
Correlate the source’s congestive context.
Differential diagnoses
Basal opacities may have other mechanisms.
Clinical correlation
Integrate clinical assessment, ultrasound and appropriate laboratory tests.
Clinical impact
Respiratory distress is assessed clinically.
Pitfalls and limitations
Projection can magnify apparent heart size.
Take-home message
Separate radiographic description from causal diagnosis.
Media source & rights
- Author
- James Heilman, MD
- Original source
- James Heilman, MD · Congestion pulmonaire : radiographie · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Changes
- Whole image retained; proportional resize and WebP conversion only. No clinical alteration. Derivative retains the original licence.
- Dimensions
- 960 × 734 px
- Check
- 2026-10-14