Open AccessTilted air-fluid interfaces on chest radiographs
Author(s) -
Harris Jackson,
Paul Stark
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.144.1.37
Subject(s) - medicine , heartbeat , displacement (psychology) , radiography , radiology , psychology , computer security , computer science , psychotherapist
Three patients had hydropneumothoraces in which the air-fluid interfaces were tilted from the horizontal. One was examined fluoroscopically, and the interface "seesawed" synchronously with the heartbeat. Displacement of the fluid by cardiac pulsation is the most likely usual cause of tilted air-fluid interfaces in the chest.