I am a female, age 66, who has had bronchiecstasis for about 20 years. My height is 170 cm and weight 64 kilos. I have been on antibiotics for 2 courses and had an X-ray at the beginning of the second course. Here is the result as translated from the Italian: Radiographic examination of the chest (2 pr.)
The chest X-ray, performed in two orthogonal projections show, with regard to what is documented in a previous examination of 06/21/2012, a nuanced appreciable parenchymal consolidation in the basal anterior to the left.
Accentuation of the drawing bronchovascular in the hilum and basal bilaterally and in particular in the basal paracardiac right, where it confirms the presence of some bronchi ectasia. (bronchiecstasis)
Minute modularity, high radiopacity projecting in the apical bilaterally. The costophrenic angles are normally expandable and free from pleural effusion. Cardiac silhouette size limits.
an you tell me the result in simple English - do I have a severe infection? Is my heart affected? Is there fluid in my lungs?
Thank you very much.
Mary Laurin