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What Does My CT Scan Of Lung Indicate?
Question: I had a CT scan of the lung which showed a hazy area in upper lung? What does that mean?
Brief Answer:
Haziness may be due to many reasons.
Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXX
Hazy area in upper lung may be due to many reasons like pneumonia,tuberculosis,tumour etc.
It is important to know your symptoms and duration of disease.
Empirically,I suggest my patients to take broad spectrum antibiotics first.If it doesn't resolve then other conditions should be ruled out.Common causes should be considered first.
I don't think it may be emphysema because it has typically different appearance in CT scan and it can be recognized easily.
Tumour should also be excluded in non resolving pneumonia.It is important due to your age.
It is important to see for lymph nodes in thorax and other associated abnormalities.
I also suggest investigations like routine hemogram,random blood sugar.Ultrasound of abdomen and biopsy can be done if needed.PCR can be done to exclude tuberculosis.
You don't worry.You should consult pulmonologist.Mostly it is due to benign reasons.However,other possibilities can be excluded after full investigations.
Get well soon.
Hope I have answered your question.
Further queries are most welcome.
Take Care
Dr.Indu XXXXXXX
Haziness may be due to many reasons.
Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXX
Hazy area in upper lung may be due to many reasons like pneumonia,tuberculosis,tumour etc.
It is important to know your symptoms and duration of disease.
Empirically,I suggest my patients to take broad spectrum antibiotics first.If it doesn't resolve then other conditions should be ruled out.Common causes should be considered first.
I don't think it may be emphysema because it has typically different appearance in CT scan and it can be recognized easily.
Tumour should also be excluded in non resolving pneumonia.It is important due to your age.
It is important to see for lymph nodes in thorax and other associated abnormalities.
I also suggest investigations like routine hemogram,random blood sugar.Ultrasound of abdomen and biopsy can be done if needed.PCR can be done to exclude tuberculosis.
You don't worry.You should consult pulmonologist.Mostly it is due to benign reasons.However,other possibilities can be excluded after full investigations.
Get well soon.
Hope I have answered your question.
Further queries are most welcome.
Take Care
Dr.Indu XXXXXXX
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Symptoms are a dry intermittent cough for about 5 weeks and headache. Minimal shortness of breath on exertion. No other symptoms. Thank you!
Brief Answer:
Please find detail answer below.
Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXX
Dry cough may be many reasons like pneumonia,tuberculosis,tumour etc.It need further investigations as discussed earlier.
Get well soon.
Hope I have answered your question.
Further queries are most welcome.
Take Care
Dr.Indu XXXXXXX
Please find detail answer below.
Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXX
Dry cough may be many reasons like pneumonia,tuberculosis,tumour etc.It need further investigations as discussed earlier.
Get well soon.
Hope I have answered your question.
Further queries are most welcome.
Take Care
Dr.Indu XXXXXXX
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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