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What Is My Chest X Ray Suggestive Of?

Good Day, my wife is 48 and had a chest x-ray where the following was in the report: the lungs are generally clear with o active pulmonary pathology. There is possible minimal linear fibrosis in the left upper zone. when she was a child she suffered with Pneumonia and bronchitis. Please can you assist with interpreting the results. Thanks,
Tue, 26 Feb 2019
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Hi,

The following inferences can be drawn based on the chest x-ray findings you have furnished.
1. Lung fields are generally clear - which means that there is no active infection present.
2. No active pulmonary pathology - which means there is no evidence of active disease.
3. Minimal linear fibrosis in the left upper zone - which means there is a thin scar tissue present in the upper zone of left lung. It could be due to healing of disease suffered previously.

Hence, the report could be considered as normal. However, it needs to be correlated clinically.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Ashakiran S, General & Family Physician
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What Is My Chest X Ray Suggestive Of?

Hi, The following inferences can be drawn based on the chest x-ray findings you have furnished. 1. Lung fields are generally clear - which means that there is no active infection present. 2. No active pulmonary pathology - which means there is no evidence of active disease. 3. Minimal linear fibrosis in the left upper zone - which means there is a thin scar tissue present in the upper zone of left lung. It could be due to healing of disease suffered previously. Hence, the report could be considered as normal. However, it needs to be correlated clinically. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Ashakiran S, General & Family Physician