Hi, I ve done chest PA and the result is as follows
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. In routine chest x-ray PA view, apical region of both the lungs are not clearly visualized because of the overlying bony structures like clavicle and 1st and 2nd ribs. So any lesion involving apical part is not visualized properly. So apicolordotic view is needed. In this chest x-ray is taken in such a way that bony structures are not interfering with apical structures, and thus they visualized clearly. So apicolordotic view is useful in upper lobe lesions. Diseases which affect the upper lobes are1. Tuberculosis2. Sarcoidosis3. Pneumonia to evaluate these properly apicolordotic view is needed.