Chest x-ray


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Adenocarcinoma - chest X-ray
Adenocarcinoma - chest X-ray
Aortic rupture, chest X-ray
Aortic rupture, chest X-ray
Bronchial cancer - chest X-ray
Bronchial cancer - chest X-ray
Coal worker's lungs - chest X-ray
Coal worker's lungs - chest X-ray
Coal workers pneumoconiosis, complicated
Coal workers pneumoconiosis, complicated
Coal workers pneumoconiosis, complicated #2
Coal workers pneumoconiosis, complicated #2
Coal workers pneumoconiosis - stage II
Coal workers pneumoconiosis - stage II
Coal workers pneumoconiosis - stage II #2
Coal workers pneumoconiosis - stage II #2
Coccidioidomycosis - chest X-ray
Coccidioidomycosis - chest x-ray
Lung cancer, frontal chest X-ray
Lung cancer, frontal chest X-ray
Lung mass, right upper lung - chest X-ray
Lung mass, right upper lung - chest X-ray
Lung nodule, right middle lobe - chest X-ray
Lung nodule, right middle lobe - chest X-ray
Lung nodule - front view chest X-ray
Lung nodule - front view chest X-ray
Pulmonary mass - side view chest X-ray
Pulmonary mass - side view chest X-ray
Pulmonary nodule - front view chest X-ray
Pulmonary nodule - front view chest X-ray
Sarcoid, stage II - chest X-ray
Sarcoid, stage II - chest X-ray
Sarcoid, stage IV - chest X-ray
Sarcoid, stage IV - chest X-ray
Tuberculosis, advanced - chest X-rays
Tuberculosis, advanced - chest X-rays
Alternative Names

Chest radiography; Serial chest x-ray; X-ray - chest


What the risks are

There is low radiation exposure. X-rays are monitored and regulated to provide the minimum amount of radiation exposure needed to produce the image. Most experts feel that the risk is very low compared with the benefits. Pregnant women and children are more sensitive to the risks of the x-ray.


Special considerations



Review Date: 08/03/2005
Reviewed By: Jonathan Gross, M.D., Department of Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.


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