What Does "inhomogeneous Opacity" In A Chest X Ray Report Suggest?

Posted on Thu, 12 Feb 2015

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Question : I just got a chest xray done report says inhomogeneous opacity seen in the left lower zone.wat does it mean is is serious

Answered by Dr. Satyadeo Choubey (31 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Please get back with your symptoms.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your query.
Inhomgenous opacity may mean anything starting from infection to cancer. Ideally any radiology report must be correlated clinically. Lower zone mean below 4th rib on X ray.
It would be better if you could tell your age, smoking habits.
Many a time it is beneficial to compare the present X ray with any previous xray of the past and seeing whether the opacity was present that time. If it was then whether has increased in size or regressed.

Best wishes

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