Computed tomography (CT) of the chest

• Also known as chest CT or CT chest

• Acute respiratory distress syndrome
• Diaphragmatic rupture
• Empyema
• Hemothorax
• Interstitial lung disease
• Loculated effusion
• Pneumonia
• Pneumohemothorax
• Pulmonary contusion
• Pulmonary embolism
• Pulmonary nodule

• Aortic aneurysm
• Aortic dissection
• Congenital heart disease
• Pericardial effusion

• Pneumomediastinum

• Lung cancer
• Lymphoma
• Metastatic cancer staging

(Whiting 2015)

• Whiting P, Singatullina N, Rosser JH. Computed tomography of the chest: I. Basic principles [open access]. BJA Education. 2015;15(6):299–304. DOI: 10.1093/bjaceaccp/mku063