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What Does My X-ray Test Report Indicate?

Posted on Mon, 28 Mar 2016

Question: When my dad chemotherapy end after 6 month pet ct scan report say few FDG avid prevascular, right paratracheal nodes seen appear to be of reactive etiology so tata hospital doctor give suggestion to see chest espaclist after we see the Dr XXXXXXX XXXXXXX sir he say that is a verey sensitive but he say tha is tb

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (17 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Do lymphnodes have necrosis?

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Since your father is cancer survivor and just completed chemotherapy, he is likely to be immunocompromised.
So possibility of infection is likely in his case.
It's very difficult to confirm TB only on the basis of provided information.
This kind of lymphnodes can be seen in simple bacterial infection also.
So please let me know
1. What is the size of lymphnodes?
2. Do lymphnodes have necrosis?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wishing good health to your father. Thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Drkaushal85 (1 hour later)

Paratracheal nodes seen (largest 1.1 cms, SUV XXXXXXX 3.15) that is a size and my father have no tb symptoms only some time khasi but XXXXXXX sir give a medicine my father khasi all so stop plz help me becase pet ct report say that problem what I do now

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (22 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Which drugs he has prescribed?

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand your concern.
You mean to say that with his treatment, your father's coughing is stopped.
Is it?
Please reply me
1. Which drugs he has prescribed?
2. Necrosis is seen in lymphnodes on pet CT or not?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further.
Wishing good health to your father. Thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Drkaushal85 (2 hours later)

Yes cough stop
And drugs is clarithromycin ip 500mg and veloz D ( rabeprazole sodium 20mg, domperidone maleate lp 30mg)
Pet ct scan report write right paratracheal nodes seen appear to be of reactive etiology only
And x ray report all clear the is no seen any nodes

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (47 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Does he have fever?

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand your concern.
No need to worry for tuberculosis at present.
Possibility of infective lymphnode enlargement is more.
And Clarithomycin is broad spectrum antibiotic.
Please let me know
1. Does he have fever and weight loss?
2. Does he have chest pain?
3. Has he undergone blood reports like CBC (complete blood count), ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate), MT (mantoux test) or TB gold test?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wishing good health to your father. Thanks.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar