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Portable chest radiograph pulmonary contusion

This AP chest radiograph of a patient following blunt trauma shows extensive unilateral airspace disease in the right lung reflecting pulmonary contusion or hematoma. Also, note the associated pleural effusion on the right reflecting a right hemothorax.

AP: anterior-posterior.

From: Thompson BH, Erkonen WE. Chest. In: Radiology 101: The Basics and Fundamentals of Imaging, 4th ed, Smith WL, Farrell TA (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2014. Copyright © 2014. Reproduced with permission from Wolters Kluwer Health. Unauthorized reproduction of this material is prohibited.

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