What Does The Abdominal CT Scan Report Indicate?

Posted on Fri, 12 Dec 2014

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Question : My daughter had a CT scan with contrast of abdomen and pelvis on Dec 9, 2014. The following was written In the impression portion of the medical report. Bibaslir stele tasks and ground-glass opacification airspace disease left greater than right lung base. She had test because she has pancreatitise

Answered by Dr. Dr. Ganesh (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
lower lobe opacities.

Detailed Answer:
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1.The lung findings what mentioned in the CT are incidental findings seen during the abdomen scan.
2.They are seen as a basal ground glass opacities - which are seen in case of the infective and inflammatory lung conditions.
3.Which are also seen as a basal alveolar collections as a gravitational changes.
4.As a precautionary a chest x-ray - in case of any findings a detail chest HRCT - high resolution computer tomography will be helpful.
5.No active treatment required if there is no obvious symptoms seen. But to be safe side a chest x-ray and request treating doctor to listen to the chest.
6.In case of any findings a course of antibiotics with follow-up imaging will be definitive.

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