Lung cancer chest x ray
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dildar Hussain, MBBS [2]
Overview
Performing a chest x-ray is the first step if a patient reports symptoms that may be suggestive of lung cancer. Often lung cancers are picked up on a routine chest X-ray in a person experiencing no symptoms.
Chest X Ray
- An x-ray may be helpful in the diagnosis of lung cancer. Findings on an x-ray suggestive of lung cancer include:
- An obvious mass
- Widening of the mediastinum
- atelectasis
- Consolidations
- pleural effusion.
- Mediastinal lymphadenopathy
- Lung nodules
A Clinical Example of Disease Progression
Images shown below are courtesy of Cafer Zorkun MD and copylefted
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