Body Part - Chest
CEPHALIZATION
A chest x-ray finding seen during the earliest stage of pulmonary edema.
CHEST TUBE
A tube that is placed into the pleural space to suck out extra air that results from a pneumothorax (“air leak” from the lung).
CHRONIC
Long standing. Old. Not acute.
CICATRIZATION
Scarring.
CLAVICLE
The “collar” bone.
COMPRESSION
A loss of vertebral height which can be related to a recent (acute) or old (chronic) process such as a fracture. This can be mild (less than 20%) or severe (more than 80%). Please see “vertebra” and “vertebral body”.
COMPRESSION DEFORMITY
Deformed appearance the back bone caused by the collapse of a vertebra. This can be caused by acute or chronic fracture. Please see “vertebra” and “vertebral body”.
COMPRESSION FRACTURE
Broken spine bone. Fracture causes some degree of collapse within the vertebra.
CONGENITAL
Refers to a process that you are born with.
CONSOLIDATION
An area of the lung that is soaked with fluid, commonly seen in pneumonia. In this process, the airspace is filled with fluid PLUS the “tissue” part of the lung is soaked with fluid.
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