I was on medical exams and they found out on my chest xray they diagnose as left calcific densityleft .but in my previous medical from different clinic my chest xraydiagnose as bone island 6th rib. now I am waiting for my repeat xray because of what they seen in my latest xray. which one should I follow
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your concern. Chest x-ray is taken in posteroanterior view. In this view ribs are overlying lungs. So sometimes it is very difficult to say whether calcification is on the ribs or on the lungs. This is the limitation of chest x-ray. To remove this confusion, it is better to get done CT scan of thorax. CT scan will confirm where the calcification is. So in my opinion, instead of going for another chest x-ray, you should go for CT scan. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.