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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Scar From Old Ptb

Premium Questions

Dr. Gyanshankar Mishra MD

my wife has ptb ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Gyanshankar Mishra ( Pulmonologist)
Dr.    Muhammad Sareer Khalil MD

Hi doc, may I ask you a question what is the meaning of PTB, ruled out? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Muhammad Sareer Khalil ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

I have the result of my chest X-ray. Consider ptb. Both upper lobes. Please correlate clinically and with pertinent laboratory parameters ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)
Dr.  Indu Kumar MD

Hi Doctor, My dad just been diagnosed of Atheresclerotic aorta , PTB, right apex of undetermined activity, minimal pleural effusion and thickenig of base ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Indu Kumar ( Radiologist)
Dr. Sudhir MD

What is the meaning of "minimal fibrohazed densities in both Apices presumably due to PTB of undetermined activity" mean in an X-ray result? My mom is 72 years old and has recently been confined. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sudhir ( Internal Medicine Specialist)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

minimal PTB left apex. on the 2014 film, it said bilateral PTB. i took medication last 2007 but i did not finish it coz the medicines were making me sick. i do not have any symptoms of PTB and i feel... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)
Dr. Mbong MD

Hi! I was diagnosed 4 years ago with ptb and my chest xray is negative after 2 mos and 6 mos of treatment. My question is, if I am going to have an IGRA test for ptb, would it yield a positive result ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mbong ( Ngole)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

. Could he still have PTB or it was just a scar? Thank you! ...Hi my friend had a PTB 7 years ago but already had taken his medication. When he had his x-ray AP ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)
Dr.  Hiren Hirpara MD

Doc, my chest xray result says that my right apical infiltrate suspicious for active ptb. A ... reading. I don t have any symptoms for possible active ptb ever since. Do I have active ptb right now? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hiren Hirpara ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

I had 6 months treatment for my ptb and the last result of my sputum test is already negative, yesterday i went to the hospital for xray as requested by my employer and the result is still the same ptb ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)