Lunge
X-ray - Chest x-ray
What has occurred on the left?
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Collapse of the left upper lobe.
How could you confirm this?
Lateral chest x-ray of course.
Chest x-ray demonstrates a veiling opacity of the left hemithorax with marked volume loss and obliteration of the left cardiac silhouette. The descending aorta and hemidiaphragm are still clearly visible.