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What Does Opacities In Lower Lobe On Chest X-ray Suggest?
Hi i have gone through xray test and it says that streaky opacities are seen in the right lower lobe heart mot enlarge, diaphragm and costophrenic sulci are intact, bony throax is unfemarkable impresion basal pneumonitis. what does this mean. Please i need your reply..
Fri, 12 Dec 2014
This means that either you have an infection of the airway that we commonly call as bronchitis or an infection of the lung i.e. pneumonia.
Pneumonitis is a very vague term used by radiologist commonly and it signifies nothing. It could be just an increased bronchovascular markings on that part. May not be a pneumonia necessarily.
See a good chest physician
Pneumonitis is a very vague term used by radiologist commonly and it signifies nothing. It could be just an increased bronchovascular markings on that part. May not be a pneumonia necessarily.
See a good chest physician
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