Gray Area On Chest. I had a chest xray done 3 weeks ago as i have had ongoing sinusitis that just will not go away and i told the doctor i was worried that it was cancer related. Previously we have learned that a normal chest x ray has a certain grayscale pattern based on tissue density geometry interfaces and overlap.
According to the american osteopathic college of dermatology age spots also known as liver spots hyperpigmentation or lentigines may appear on the chest face back of the hands or torso and are considered a harmless skin condition 1. These darkened skin patches are mainly due to excess melanin a condition also known as hyperpigmentation. A normal gray structure can become too black or too white or a normally black structure can become gray or too white or a normally white structure can become gray or too black.
A typical chest x ray shows your lungs ribs heart and diaphragm.
When pathology occurs in the thorax the pathology causes the normal 00 00 30 grayscale of the chest x ray to change in several ways. A normal gray structure can become too black or too white or a normally black structure can become gray or too white or a normally white structure can become gray or too black. When pathology occurs in the thorax the pathology causes the normal 00 00 30 grayscale of the chest x ray to change in several ways. Pleural effusion is the appearance of fluid in the layer between the lungs and chest wall.