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    Annals of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
    (ASSOCIATION OF SPECIALIST MEDICAL DOCTORS IN ACADEMICS SOKOTO STATE CHAPTER, 2020-07) Mohammed Abacha; Isma'il Salima; Sadiq Abubakar Audu; Abubakar Umar; Gurama Aminu Dahiru; Iliyasu Izge Yusuf; Dahiru Mohammed; Muhammad Baba Sule; Gele Ibrahim Haruna ,; Muhammad Kabir Abdulkadir; Godfrey Mfoniso Akpaniwo
    Background: Chest x-ray is the most frequently performed diagnostic examination particularly in patients with respiratory and cardiac diseases and for routine medical checkup and planning for surgery. A study on the image quality of chest x-rays had been conducted but the findings on the chest x-rays have not been studied in this tertiary health institution. This study aimed at revealing the most common pathologies and sex distribution of the pathologies on chest x-rays of adult patients attending the hospital.