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X - Ray Skull AP & LAT View
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Understanding X - Ray Skull AP & LAT View
What is X - Ray Skull AP & LAT View?
X-Ray Skull A.P And LAT Views are imaging tests that help detect any potential fractures, bone lesions, or degenerative diseases of the skull. An X-ray is a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation that gives images of the affected joint. It helps visualize any abnormality with the skull.
The X-ray is conducted while the patient is standing facing the side of their skull and their face towards the X-ray machine.
X-rays are comparatively safe but can be dangerous in some cases. Exposure to the radiation can pose a minor risk to the patient. There is a small chance that the radiation can harm the baby in the womb. Hence pregnant women are not allowed to get an X-ray done.
What is X - Ray Skull AP & LAT View used for?
- To diagnose the traumatic brain injury (TBI), head/skull fractures and dislocation of skull joints
- To detect brain disorders like congenital brain abnormalities, brain tumour, otosclerosis (deafness due to inner ear bone overgrowth)
- To find out otitis media (middle ear infection), loss of calcium from skull bone, headache, skull bones infection
- To detect hearing loss, sinusitis, mastoid bone infection and pain due to increased intracranial pressure
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