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What Can A White Area In The Lung Be?
iam 83 i have not smoked for 40 years i was on a smoker at night at a party i jogged dailey i have had problems with my lung infection three times in ten years in the philippines lmy last exray shows a white area on my one lungs about one inch in diameter my doctor today says it very well could be cancer or terberculosis he sais get a phlem test plus other exray
Tue, 19 Aug 2014
Since you have lung infection in past this white lesion can be old healed lesion of past pneumonia. Or it csn be a new infection with TB or pneumonia. Since you are past smoker and old age, chances of malignancy are high. So better to under go CT thorax with contrast. This will solve all your query. And yes you should also go for sputum examination for tb. Also bring old x rays for comperision of lesion size. So go for CT thorax with contrast.
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