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Hi i would like to know what does the meaning of "...
Hi i would like to know what does the meaning of " a well defined dense opacity is seen right lower zone anteriorly" in Chest Right lateral view. And in chest PA view "a soft opacity is seen of the right lower zone along with calcified healed focus in left mid zone" Does this means a cancerous lump or something else?
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: opacification in lung x-ray
lung opacification when seen in chest x-ray means that things other than air is filled within the alveoli , these things could be fluid , pus , blood or cancer cells . the shap and site of opacification gives us a hint to what is inside the alveoli like , when when we have interstitial lung disease we can see fine or coarse reticular opacities or small nodules what we can see in your x-ray that you have a well defined opacification which makes us go in the way of space occupying lesion like tumer , mass or abscess which make us need to do further investigations
: Diagnosis
we make diagnosis by histiory , physical examination and labs ,so we recommend you to do CBC to see the number of WBCs and ensure if we have bacterial infection , we recommend you also to do CRP ,ESR to define the inflammatory process in your body we need aslo to do CT chest scan to make definite diagnosis
: Associated Symptoms
shortness of breath
cough
fever
cyanosis
dyspnea on exertion
: Differential Diagnosis
pnumonia
lung abscess
lung malignancy
interstitial lung disease
heart failure
goodpasture syndrom
wegner granulomatosis
: Recommendation
we recommend you to visit a pulmonlogist for further investigations
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