Do blood clots in the lungs show up in the lungs in an xray as well as nuclear scan?

Rarely!: Pulmonary emboli are almost never visible on plain x-rays. A very large pulmonary embolus may cause one of the larger pulmonary arteries to look chunky and make the pulmonary artery branches downstream smaller but that would be very rare. That is why ct and nuclear scans are used.

Generally not.: Blood clots in the lungs (pulmonary emboli) will generally not show up on an xray at all. A VQ scan (nuclear medicine) or a ct scan would be the scans of choice.

No: Not on a plain chest x-ray there are some more subtle signs on occasions. Ct(computerized tomography) will demonstrate. Or pulmonary angiogram which is also xray technology. The v/q nuclear scan is a common tool.

No: Very rarely a chest x-ray can show typical signs of plumonary emboli. Chest-x-ray is performed to rule out other causes of symptoms such as pneumonia or pleural effusion. Ct with contrast agent or v/q lung scan with radioisotopes inhalation and intravenous injection are the most common methods for diagnosing pulmonary emboli.