A chest x-ray image: total opacification of the hemithorax.
The authors describe a patient with a unilateral total lung opacification that was later resolved by bronchial lavage. Either a mechanical obstruction to the bronchus caused by endotracheal tube or mucous plug may be responsible for this chest x-ray image.
Altun
Armagan
A
Institution Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey. altun@medscape.com
Erdogan
Okan
O
D000328:Adult; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013396:Suction