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Can a severe scoliosis gives scar in a chest xray result, ill undergo medical soon and im worried to be partin sputum test groups might delay my visa ?
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No: The bony structures involved in scoliosis do not put a scar into the lungs on a chest x-ray. They are physically separate locations. The rib cage that surrounds the lungs can have an altered appearance, and shift things around some, but the lung tissue inside is seen as a separate space.
Answered 10/19/2016
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