Presentation
Chesty cough
Patient Data
Age: 75 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Right upper lobe collapse
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Prior left-sided breast surgery.
Wedge-shaped density in upper medial aspect of right hemithorax, with a sharp lateral border and silhouette sign with mediastinum. Volume loss in the right hemithorax with elevated right hilum.
Heart size normal. Left lung clear.
Case Discussion
An 'Aunt Minnie' chest radiograph.
The most common cause is endobronchial lung cancer occluding the right upper lobe bronchus.
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