What Does Mild Vascular Crowding In The Right Infrahilar Region Noted Again Mean From A Chest X-ray Today?

Posted on Thu, 12 Nov 2020

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Question : What does mild vascular crowding in the right infrahilar region noted again mean from a chest X-ray today? I’ve been sick for over a month and already finished my antibiotics. I have shortness of breath and cough.

Answered by Dr. Aaron Branch (51 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Normal finding

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Mild vascular crowding on a chest x-ray just means that a number of pulmonary vessels (veins and arteries) happen to be crowded together in one area of the lung, which is a normal finding and does not indicate there is any problem. It may not have been seen before just because of the angle the chest x-ray was taken. If nothing else was seen, it would not indicate what the cause of your shortness of breath and cough is from, and further testing will be needed, which may include pulmonary function tests, cardiac echo, or CT scan of the chest.

I hope that helps, please let me know if you have any other questions about that, and I would be glad to discuss it with you further.

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