yes he also ordered a full blood panel with a fasting the night before. what is he looking for
wouldn't a CT scan show more. I have a lump on the right side of my neck, food gets stuck on right side and he said its swollen. he ordered an xray also
thanks for that, the doctor didnt really explain to me what it was for all he said was she needed a chest x ray and she needs to go back for a full blood count, you were very helpful thanks again
Hi. The doctor ordered a chest x-ray done because he's considering the possibility that the neck lump may be an enlarged lymph node. The enlarged node may be a sign of a chronic infection, like pulmonary tuberculosis. Hence he ordered the x-ray to rule out this possibility. Another reason why the x-ray could have been done is to look for other lumps in the chest, which could happen in infectious conditions or in certain malignancies such as lymphomas.