Hi. I had a medical examinations last month and the result was QUESTIONABLE INFILTRATES UPPER LEFT LOBE and I retake the xray test, the result was APICOLORDIC VIEW SUGGESTED FOR FURTHER EVALUATION . What does this mean? I hope you could find an answer to this problem. Please give me suggestions for what I can do with this! Thanks Doctor!
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. Routinely chest x-ray is taken in PA (PosteroAnterior) view. So in this view the spices of both lungs are not clearly visualized. The bony structures like first two ribs and clavicle can obstruct the view and so upper lobes can not be visualized properly and hence reporting is not accurate. So to overcome this, apicolordotic view is taken. In this chest x-ray is not taken in PA view. It is taken in such a way that bony structures are not hindering spices and clear view of spices (upper lobes) is possible. So it is modification of PA view to get better and accurate view of upper lobes. So get it done.