Presentation
Headache, fever.
Patient Data
Age: 40 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Right middle lobe collapse
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Right middle lobe collapse. Patchy right lower lobe airspace opacity with air bronchograms in keeping with infectious change.
From the case:
Right middle lobe collapse
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Lateral projection confirms RML collapse.
Case Discussion
- right middle lobe collapse can be difficult to pick on a frontal projection only
- in young patients, the most common cause would be a sputum plug