V V O I: A Trick for Collapse!

We all know that atelectasis is a must-not-miss diagnosis on chest X-ray. However, we still may hide the fact that it could occasionally be very tough to detect a sneaky lobar collapse!

This lecture goes over a hand motion trick that I formulated to be applied when reading chest radiographs, in the hope of never missing collapse again.

This video is ideal for medical students, interns, radiology residents and non-radiology physicians.

Amr Ajlan, MD