Upper lobe volume loss: divergent and parallel patterns of vascular reorientation.
The authors present what they believe to be a previously unreported sign of marked upper lobe volume loss. Recognition of the finding may be helpful when other signs of volume loss are equivocal or absent.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic