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Can an x ray of pleurisy be mistakenly diagnosed as mild copd? i'm a healthy non smoking 45 yr old female with no breathing problems but chest pain.

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Dr. David Rosenfeld answered

No: Xrays will look different with pleurisy and COPD

Dr Kuitems and 4 doctors agreed

Answered 1/7/2019

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COPD: In my opinion a chest xray alone is an unreliable test for the diagnosis of COPD except in very advanced cases. Pleurisy,without associated fluid collection is not diagnosable with a chest xray.

Dr Hegab agreed

Answered 1/5/2019

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A member asked:

Can an x ray of pleurisy be mistakenly diagnosed as mild copd? i'm a healthy non smoking 45 yr old female with no breathing problems but chest pain.

7 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Dr. David Rosenfeld answered

Dr Kuitems and 4 doctors agreed

Dr. Donald Colantino answered

Dr Hegab agreed

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