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A few months ago i had a chest xray for pneumonia they found nothing... would that have shown if i had any other disease in my chest? specifically pulmonary edema?

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Dr. Silviu Pasniciuc answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Only some: Yes, pulmonary edema would have been picked up by chest X-ray, but not a pulmonary embolism or clot, for example. Not to mention other than pulmonary pathology, such as cardiac, gi or musculoskeletal that are typically not picked up in such circumstances by a chest X-ray.

Answered 8/12/2020

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