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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
* A chest X-ray can be used to diagnose [[pneumonia]], which is one of the complications of 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]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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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.
- 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.