Open AccessAbnormal shadow on chest radiograph: a supra – or infradiaphragmatic finding?
Author(s) -
Katarzyna Biernacka-Racicot,
Maciej Łukaszewski,
Michał Nowański,
Beata Socha,
Piotr Grzelak
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
wiedza medyczna
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2657-9669
DOI - 10.36553/wm.99
Subject(s) - chest radiograph , medicine , asymptomatic , radiology , radiography , nodule (geology) , lesion , lung cancer , occult , nuclear medicine , surgery , pathology , paleontology , biology , alternative medicine
Incidental findings on chest X-ray of oncological patients need further evaluation in contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT). We report two cases of abnormal shadows, detected on radiograph, in patients with breast cancer: the first one projected under the left hemidiaphragm and the second one obscuring the right hemidiaphragm. Both patients were asymptomatic, subjected to a surgery and to a CT. The first scan revealed a 15 mm diameter nodule in left lung with smooth margins and central calcifications. Whereas, the second exam showed a subcapsular, ring, calcified lesion in the liver. In both cases, CT was essential for staging and therapeutic choice.