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What Does Stable Linear Fibrosis In Upper Left Lung Mean?

hi doctor! good day, may i ask if what is the meaning of Stable Linear Fibrosis in the left upper Lungs..? my brother discovered that he have a Linear fibrosis on his upper left lungs last 2012 but get under medication on November 30 2013 for 6 months.. and yesterday after X-ray the result was he got a Stable Linear in the upper left lungs since November 31, 2014 residual of old PTB.
Mon, 20 Oct 2014
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Thanks for your question on HCM. No need to worry for this, so be relax and keep calm.
Linear fibrotic band seen on chest x ray is due to healed lesion.
In lung tissue healing occurs by
1. Fibrosis
2. Calcification
3. Bronchiectasis
4. Complete resolution ( very rare )
So TB or pneumonia once cured, healed by above mechanism and most common is fibrosis.
And on chest x ray this fibrosis looks like linear opacity, which remains life long. So this does not need any treatment.
So be relax and keep calm.
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What Does Stable Linear Fibrosis In Upper Left Lung Mean?

Thanks for your question on HCM. No need to worry for this, so be relax and keep calm. Linear fibrotic band seen on chest x ray is due to healed lesion. In lung tissue healing occurs by 1. Fibrosis 2. Calcification 3. Bronchiectasis 4. Complete resolution ( very rare ) So TB or pneumonia once cured, healed by above mechanism and most common is fibrosis. And on chest x ray this fibrosis looks like linear opacity, which remains life long. So this does not need any treatment. So be relax and keep calm.