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What Does A Scar On The Upper Right Side Of The Chest Indicate?
Today I had A chest x-ray. nor I smoke neither I had any kind of disease related to chest and my doctor reported me that i had a scar on the upper right side of right chest near the scapula on the ribs and he told me that was due to overlaping of bones? Was that true?
Mon, 15 Jul 2019
Hello,
A scar on the upper right chest could be due to the previous infection like a healed tubercular infection.
Overlapping of bones can lead to opacity on chest X-ray.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Shailja Puri, Pathologist and Microbiologist
A scar on the upper right chest could be due to the previous infection like a healed tubercular infection.
Overlapping of bones can lead to opacity on chest X-ray.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Shailja Puri, Pathologist and Microbiologist
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