X-ray Quiz

X-ray QuizA 26-year female presented with cough for the past 3 months. Questions1. What is the diagnosis?2. What is the most characteristic chest radiograph description of this lesion?3. What is the most likely underlying cause of this pathology in an adult smoker?Answers 1.Right upper lobe collapse (right upper lobe atelectasis).2. Dense triangular opacity in the right upper zone with apex towards the hilum and signs of ipsilateral volume loss such as elevated right hilum.3. Bronchogenic carcinoma causing endobronchial obstruction (common cause in adult smokers) results in lobar collapse.Lobar collapse in smoker needs to be aggressively evaluated to look for underlying lesion.