Silhouette Sign on Chest X-Ray Loss of the margin between ...

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Silhouette Sign on Chest X-Ray
Loss of the margin between two opposing structures of the same radiographic density - Allows localization by lobe
• RUL – right paratracheal stripe
• RML – right heart border
• RLL – right hemidiaphragm
• LUL – aortic arch
• Lingula – left heart border
• LLL – left hemidiaphragm

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Dr. Gerald Diaz

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