Consolidation / Left Lower Lobe
  • Density in left lower lung field
  • Left heart silhouette intact
  • Loss of diaphragmatic silhouette
  • No shift of mediastinum
  • Blunting of costophrenic angle

 

Lateral
  • Lobar density
  • Oblique fissure not significantly shifted
  • Loss of silhouette: Posterior portion of left diaphragm