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Extremity X-Ray
What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- If you can't remain still during the test. This may cause the pictures to be blurry.
- If you are very overweight. This can make it hard to see details in some types of X-ray pictures.
- If you are pregnant and need an X-ray of a leg in the area close to the pelvis.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: Reference April 24, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
Reference Howard Schaff, MD - Diagnostic Radiology |
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