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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The role for X-rays in thalassemia is limited. In some cases it can be useful to address a particular clinical question. | |||
==X-Ray== | ==X-Ray== | ||
There is no particular role for x-ray in thalassemia. However, in patients who have received multiple transfusions, X-ray of the chest can be done to assess for fluid overload in the lungs. Pulmonary edema can be visualized as opacities in the pleural space on chest X-ray.<ref name="pmid17413051">{{cite journal| author=Fremont RD, Kallet RH, Matthay MA, Ware LB| title=Postobstructive pulmonary edema: a case for hydrostatic mechanisms. | journal=Chest | year= 2007 | volume= 131 | issue= 6 | pages= 1742-6 | pmid=17413051 | doi=10.1378/chest.06-2934 | pmc=2783608 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17413051 }} </ref> In some cases, X-ray of the jaw can be done in patients with [[beta-thalassemia major]] ([[Cooley's anemia]]) to assess for bone breakdown. | There is no particular role for x-ray in thalassemia. However, in patients who have received multiple transfusions, X-ray of the chest can be done to assess for fluid overload in the lungs. [[Pulmonary edema]] can be visualized as opacities in the [[pleural space]] on chest X-ray.<ref name="pmid17413051">{{cite journal| author=Fremont RD, Kallet RH, Matthay MA, Ware LB| title=Postobstructive pulmonary edema: a case for hydrostatic mechanisms. | journal=Chest | year= 2007 | volume= 131 | issue= 6 | pages= 1742-6 | pmid=17413051 | doi=10.1378/chest.06-2934 | pmc=2783608 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17413051 }} </ref> In some cases, X-ray of the jaw can be done in patients with [[beta-thalassemia major]] ([[Cooley's anemia]]) to assess for bone breakdown. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
The role for X-rays in thalassemia is limited. In some cases it can be useful to address a particular clinical question.
X-Ray
There is no particular role for x-ray in thalassemia. However, in patients who have received multiple transfusions, X-ray of the chest can be done to assess for fluid overload in the lungs. Pulmonary edema can be visualized as opacities in the pleural space on chest X-ray.[1] In some cases, X-ray of the jaw can be done in patients with beta-thalassemia major (Cooley's anemia) to assess for bone breakdown.
References
- ↑ Fremont RD, Kallet RH, Matthay MA, Ware LB (2007). "Postobstructive pulmonary edema: a case for hydrostatic mechanisms". Chest. 131 (6): 1742–6. doi:10.1378/chest.06-2934. PMC 2783608. PMID 17413051.