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Description	Radiopaedia case ID: 9674 Image ID: 2524921 Study description: Annotated images Study findings: Both lungs are markedly hyperinflated with 11 posterior ribs easily visible above the hemidiaphragmatic domes (yellow dotted lines). The hemidiaphragms are depressed and flattened (best seen on lateral projection, with loss of the normal acute angle formed by the costophrenic pleural reflection (dotted blue line). The lungs are very radiolucent with some areas devoid of lung markings (*) suggesting bullous formation. On lateral projection the retrosternal air space (RS) is markedly widened (aorta outlined in red). Modality: Annotated image System: Chest Findings: Marked hyperinflation of the lungs (note over 11 posterior ribs visible on PA projection, flattened hemidiaphragms, increased retrosternal air space) and hyperlucency of the lungs with distorted parenchymal architecture.
Date	Published: 11th May 2010
Source	https://radiopaedia.org/cases/alpha-1-antitrypsin-deficiency-15
Author	Andrew Dixon
Permission (Permission-reusing-text)	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

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