Ultrasound images and text Genevieve Carbonatto. A 62 year old man with known metastatic non small cell carcinoma presents to the Emergency Department SOB (short of breath). His excercise tolerance has been decreasing over a period of a week. He has been seen by his oncologist as an outpatient and an outpatient Xray shows a Read more about Lung Septations[…]
Ultrasound images and text Genevieve Carbonatto. Featured image: Oceanographic museum Monaco. A 45 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a 6 month history of feeling generally unwell with fevers and a chronic cough. He is no longer able to cope at home. On arrival he is saturating 90% on RA (room air), Read more about Empyema[…]
Images by Genevieve Carbonatto Sinusoidal sign: Using M mode the pleural line can be seen clearly moving up and down with respiration. On inspiration the visceral pleura moves towards the parietal pleura, on expiration away. This patient presented with SOB and fever. Anterior chest: the break in the pleural line indicates consolidation. This is called Read more about Large right sided pleural effusion.[…]