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  • Nov 17, 2012, 08:31 AM
    tennisfan633661
    Do x-rays show everything?
    Hi, my 60-year-old sister has cough on and off.
    This week she has it again. I asked her to do a chest x-ray.
    She said she fell off a few months ago and at that time she did an x-ray of her entire thorax/chest to check if she fractured any bones or ribs. She said that particular x-ray would have detected if there was anything unusual in the lung (eg. A white spot).

    Is this true? Is the x-ray for checking bones/ribs the same as a regular chest x-ray?
  • Nov 17, 2012, 09:58 AM
    tickle
    She needs a chest radiograph, normally called a CXR used for lungs

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