Sentence examples for may be chest from inspiring English sources

These may be chest tube related (kinks or malposition), lung parenchymal disease, bronchopleural fistula, or rarely, oesophageal-pleural fistula.

In more advanced cases there may be chest pain, coughing up bloody mucus, a persistent dry cough, or shortness of breath.

The radiological tests that may be used are chest x-rays and CT scanning.

Although in adults with TB and HIV, particularly those with severe immunodeficiency, there may be atypical chest X-ray findings, the limited studies in children have not identified key differences in the radiological presentation of TB according to HIV status [ 20, 51, 52].

The product resembles La Decollette, except that its cleavage panel is a swath of lace-covered fleece that comes with a removable foam insert, so that the garment will not absorb any moisturizer that may be on the chest.

These calcific areas of increased opacity may be visible on chest X-ray but are better characterized on CT.

This diagnosis may be noted on chest radiographs and can be confirmed using fluoroscopy to perform a "sniff" test (Fig. 11).

Lung contusion occurs at the time of injury, but it may be undetectable on chest radiography for the first 6 h after trauma.

Chronic inflammation of the aorta leads to intimal fibrosis and calcification, which can give rise to a tree bark appearance of the aortic wall, which may be visible on chest radiographs [47, 73].

Lung cancer may be seen on chest radiographs and computed tomography (CT) scans.

If the volume of subcutaneous air is increasing, it may be that the chest tube is not removing air rapidly enough, so it may be replaced with a larger one.