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Adenocarcinoma - chest X-ray	Aortic rupture, chest X-ray	Bronchial cancer - chest X-ray	Coal worker's lungs - chest X-ray
Coal workers pneumoconiosis, complicated	Coal workers pneumoconiosis, complicated #2	Coal workers pneumoconiosis - stage II	Coal workers pneumoconiosis - stage II #2
Coccidioidomycosis - chest x-ray	Lung cancer, frontal chest X-ray	Lung mass, right upper lung - chest X-ray	Lung nodule, right middle lobe - chest X-ray
Lung nodule - front view chest X-ray	Pulmonary mass - side view chest X-ray	Pulmonary nodule - front view chest X-ray	Sarcoid, stage II - chest X-ray
Sarcoid, stage IV - chest X-ray	Tuberculosis, advanced - chest X-rays

Chest radiography; Serial chest x-ray; X-ray - chest

There is low radiation exposure. X-rays are monitored and regulated to provide the minimum amount of radiation exposure needed to produce the image. Most experts feel that the risk is very low compared with the benefits. Pregnant women and children are more sensitive to the risks of x-rays.

Review Date: 08/13/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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