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Suggest Treatment For Nonhomogeneous Opacity In Right Parahilar Area In X-ray
My mother did a chest x ray .The report says nonhomogeneous opacity in right parahilar area with fibrotic change and trachea shift to right.She suffered from a chest infection four years bback and she was also diagnosed of oral cancer in tongue which was operated three years back and radiotherapy was also provided.
Fri, 23 May 2014
Hello
Thanks for your query.
Opacity in the right parahilar area with same sided tracheal shift on chest x-ray has two differential diagnoses -
1. Collapse of lung
2. Fibrosis
For better evaluation your mother should have a contrast enhanced CT scan of thorax and if any suspicious lesion is found then CT guided fine needle aspiration cytology or biopsy (FNAC/B) should be done to have a diagnosis. You should consult a pulmonologist soon and get your mother thoroughly examined.
Thank you.
Regards,
Dr Arnab Maji
Thanks for your query.
Opacity in the right parahilar area with same sided tracheal shift on chest x-ray has two differential diagnoses -
1. Collapse of lung
2. Fibrosis
For better evaluation your mother should have a contrast enhanced CT scan of thorax and if any suspicious lesion is found then CT guided fine needle aspiration cytology or biopsy (FNAC/B) should be done to have a diagnosis. You should consult a pulmonologist soon and get your mother thoroughly examined.
Thank you.
Regards,
Dr Arnab Maji
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