Husband was diagnosed w/ mild pneumonia (had a really bad case 10 yrs ago, had to stay in the hospital), had an xray done,BUT they also found slight PROMINENCE IN THE LEFT HILUM. Had another xray 2 wks later, pneumonia is just about gone but the "prominence" is still there-unchanged!!
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It varies in intensity and the pain can travel down my left arm. I had an Xray and was called back a week later for another Xray from a differant angle to investigate left hilar prominence I am aged 58 and considered myself to be in good health, I am also a non smoker.
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On September 10, 1998, the patient underwent a routine chest radiograph that showed marked left hilar prominence (Fig 1 ) that was not present on a ...
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chest roentgenogram showed left hilar prominence, and he was referred for evaluation. On admission, his temperature was 37OC; the ...
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Her routine chest x-ray showed hilar prominence suggestive of hilar lymph node enlargement. C.T. Scan of the thorax revealed a posterior mediastinal mass, ... The chest X-ray revealed a left hilar prominence but the lungs were normal (figure 1). The ultrasound examination of abdomen and echocardiogram were normal.
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(A) A posteroanterior chest radiograph reveals an enlarged left hilum. (B) A magnified view of the left hilum reveals that the pulmonary vessels converge (arrows) onto the border of the hilar prominence, confirming an enlarged pulmonary artery and no adenopathy...
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Posterior-anterior chest radiograph demonstrating upper lobe-predominant consolidation and ground glass opacification with some small nodules. Left hilar prominence is due to anatomic distortion from prior surgery.
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Chest X-ray PA view dated 6 months back showed a left hilar enlargement with a bulla in left lower zone but chest X-ray at the time of admission showed marked shift of mediastinum and evidence of hydropneumothorax bn the left side. ... The common roentgenological findings in these patients arc the presence of a hilar prominence,
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Chest radiograph showed a left hilar prominence and bronchial washings isolated acid-fast bacilli. Hoarseness of voice as an initial symptom due to isolated vocal cord palsy with no morphological lesions in the larynx and without obvious parenchymal infiltration often poses a diagnostic dilemma.
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A chest x-ray taken February 19, 2002 revealed volume loss in the left lung with subtle left hilar prominence and patchy widespread left air space disease.
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