Measles chest x ray

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

A chest X-ray can be used to diagnose pneumonia, which is one of the complications of measles.

Chest X-Ray

• A chest X-ray is done if pneumonia is suspected in a patient with measles.
• The chest x-ray findings in patient with measles will be a patchy consolidation of lung lobes and poorly define nodules.
• Damage to the alveoli may occur in severe cases leading to dyspnea.