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Apical fibrosis

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One year since my deployment and I ve been experiencing an on and off again cough . CXR from yesterday shows minimal biapical fibrosis . I know it...

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The biapical fibrosis can be due to a asymptomatic tuberculosis which may have come and gone. However u need to get a CT scan chest done to clearly...

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hi! My mom has right apical fibrosis which means a scar in the lung. She was diagnosed with tuberculosis before but was already treated. Does this...

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Hello Esmilla,

Your first point: A scar visible on x-ray of the chest after complete, supervised tuberculosis treatment is not uncommon. Let us...

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My girlfriend had a chest X-ray and they are telling her she has a Mild Bilateral Apical Pleural Thickening. She will be tested for TB but I am...

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Hello,

Tuberculosis is one of the common causes of bilateral apical fibrosis. As her x-ray has not shown any major lung damage, there is no need...

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