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COPD (Emphysema)

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This post is an answer to the Case – Chronic Smoker With Exertional Dyspnea

Chest X-Ray Interpretation

  • Hyperinflated, hyperlucent lungs
  • Flat diaphragm

Frontal chest radiograph showing bilateral hyperlucent, hyperinflated lungs of chronic obstructive airway disease. There is some minor fibrosis in the right upper zone from previous TB
Frontal chest radiograph showing bilateral hyperlucent, hyperinflated lungs of chronic obstructive airway disease. There is some minor fibrosis in the right upper zone from previous TB

Diagnosis: COPD (Emphysema)

READ MORE: COPD (Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis): From Diagnosis to Treatment

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