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Can Apical Pleural Thickening Be Cured With Medication?
Hi I m 46 years old,58 kgs.,5ft.6 in.My chest xray in 2009 revealed apical pleural thickening.I never had any serious illness.Now i had an x ray and it showed minimal PTB,my sputum smear tested negative but still waiting for the culture.I have started treatment,will it show changes in my xray result after 3 months?
Tue, 10 May 2016
Hi thanks for contacting HCM...
Noted you have apical pleural thickening..
So this thickening could be by fibrosis ...as a result of chronic infection or inflammation...
You have suspected tuberculosis....
If culture report and molecular methods suggesting tuberculosis then AKT treatment given for tuberculosis.......
With completion of therapy x ray will show improvement ....
But fibrotic thickening can remain as fibrosis is irreversible condition...
Take care.
Dr.Parth
Noted you have apical pleural thickening..
So this thickening could be by fibrosis ...as a result of chronic infection or inflammation...
You have suspected tuberculosis....
If culture report and molecular methods suggesting tuberculosis then AKT treatment given for tuberculosis.......
With completion of therapy x ray will show improvement ....
But fibrotic thickening can remain as fibrosis is irreversible condition...
Take care.
Dr.Parth
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