Abstract
A lung lesion is usually well demonstrated on chest x-rays on account of the large density difference between a disease process and air in the surrounding normal lung. Although a near-normal chest film can occur in severe chronic bronchitis or pulmonary embolism, a technically satisfactory normal chest x-ray usually excludes lung disease. A clinician who suspects that a patient has pulmonary tuberculosis or bronchial carcinoma will divert his attention elsewhere if the chest x-ray is considered normal. This clinical usefulness has resulted in the chest film being the most commonly requested imaging test.
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Abercrombie, M.L.J., Dixon, A.K., Hawkins, D., Sherwood, T. (1983). The Chest. In: Roads to Radiology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1341-6_4
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