PITFALLS OF CHEST RADIOGRAPH

An abnormal chest radiograph.

Volume 90, Number 1 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 47 A 24-year-old asymptomatic man requested a chest radiograph for routine tuberculosis screening. He did not have difficulty breathing, palpitations, chest pain, or edema. His medical history was significant for scoliosis and Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome, a rare genetic condition that causes short stature, broad thumbs and toes, hirsu...

The Chest Radiograph

The chest radiograph accounts for a very significant proportion of imaging throughout the world. It often represents the first imaging step, not only in diseases that focus on the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, but in systemic illness. For this reason, its ubiquity can be beguiling. There is an inclination to feel that because one grows up with the chest radiograph, there must be an in...

Chest discomfort and abnormal chest radiograph.

Chest radiograph of an asymptomatic man

Case report: An asymptomatic man undergoes a chest radiograph http://ow.ly/4nmyfG.

Limited utility of chest radiograph after thoracentesis.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess the utility of chest radiograph (CXR) immediately after routine thoracentesis. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Multispecialty clinic/teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS All outpatients and inpatients undergoing thoracentesis in the procedure area from October 1995 to January 1998. MEASUREMENTS Immediately after thoracentesis, the physician completed a ques...