Chest Imaging: Pleural and Mediastinal Disease
- Previous year questions on Chest Imaging: Pleural and Mediastinal Disease for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Radiology section of the exam.
- Most questions here are original image-based vignettes written around openly licensed figures, and were never asked in any exam. The rest come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them.
- 45 live questions in Chest Imaging: Pleural and Mediastinal Disease.
- 1 of 45 questions carries a verified exam year: 2019.
- Radiology is worth about 6 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 21 Aug 2026.
Q1.Most common tumour of mediastinum?
- AThymoma
- BLymphoma
- CNeurogenic tumor✓ Correct answer
- DNeuroblastic tumor
Q2.A newborn has a posterior mediastinal cystic mass with several vertebral anomalies. The most likely diagnosis would be which of the following?
- ANeuroblastoma
- BBronchogenic cyst
- CNeuroenteric cyst✓ Correct answer
- DMyelocele
Q3.Minimum pneumothorax is best seen in which of the following view (chest x-ray)?
- ALordotic view
- BRight lateral view
- CLeft lateral view
- DChest x-ray in complete expiration✓ Correct answer
Q4.Bilateral pleural thickening in lower and middle lung zone is radiological feature of
- ASilicosis
- BStannosis
- CAsbestosis✓ Correct answer
- DSiderosis
Q5.Pleural plaques are best seen on?
- ACXR PA view
- BAP view
- COblique view✓ Correct answer
- DLordotic view
Q6.Best view for interlobar pleural effusion
- AAP view
- BPA view
- CLateral view✓ Correct answer
- DOblique view
Q7.Best position for chest X-ray to detect left pleural effusion is:
- ALeft lateral
- BSupine
- CLeft lateral decubitus✓ Correct answer
- DRight lateral decubitus
Answer key
Q1: C. Neurogenic tumor; Q2: C. Neuroenteric cyst; Q3: D. Chest x-ray in complete expiration; Q4: C. Asbestosis; Q5: C. Oblique view; Q6: C. Lateral view; Q7: C. Left lateral decubitus.
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