why we need all the time to do a profile chest xray. a lady | Figure 1
Why we need all the time to do a profile chest xray.
a lady came to my office with intensive symptoms of cough the last four days.
po2 97
temperature 36.5celsius
blood test nothing to mention
we recomend an xray.
at first the radiology dept sent to us only a po chest x.ray but we recomend also a profile chest x ray.
in the po chest x ray nothing remarkable was found but in the profile xray please notice the well described isolate pneumothorax or emphysematic bulla.
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