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A member asked:

Hi doctor,can you please tell me what x-ray shows up the chest and back muscles.thankyou?

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Dr. Bradford Romans answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Muscles do not: show on routine X-ray.More dense tissues like bone & heart,large airways,dense collection of tissues in middle of chest,diaphragm,and most pneumonias.This is not a complete list.

Answered 10/4/2016

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