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Case Reports
. 2020 Sep 24;13(9):e239033.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-239033.

Silhouette sign revisited

Sharath P Madhyastha  1 , Charan Thej Reddy  2 , Raviraja V Acharya  2 , Shubha Seshadri  2
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Case Reports

Silhouette sign revisited

Sharath P Madhyastha et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: medical management; pneumonia (infectious disease); pneumonia (respiratory medicine); radiology.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
A frontal radiograph of the chest showing airspace opacity in the right lower lung zone. Note that the right heart border is lost and the right dome of diaphragm is well seen.
Figure 2
Figure 2
CT of thorax (A: Coronal, B: Sagittal views) showing consolidatory changes with air bronchograms and small cavitation (due to breakdown of consolidation) involving right middle lobe.
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