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What Causes Infiltrates In Right Upper Lung?

Hi my friend have chest x ray, and here are the findings: Ill-defined infiltrates are seen in the right uppr lung, Infiltrates are seen in the lower lung, left lower lung is obscured by the cardiac shadow, right apical pleural thickening is seen, heart is enlarged, aortic knob is calcified, thoratic spine is deviated to the right.

Please expalin this to me, my concern is she has a family with 2 kids, will the kids get this sickness, will this spread? by how? Thanks

Mon, 18 Aug 2014
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In my opinion your freind might be having tuberculosis in the past. The x ray findings you are describing is all favouring old fibrotic lesion. The right upperlobe pleural thickening is a sign of healed lesion. Thoracic spine deviated to the right is suggestive of right lung old gibrosis so that it slowly reduce the right side of chest cavity with compensatory emphysema on left side gives spinal curvature to the affected side. Aortic knuckle calcification suggest age more than 50. So in my opinion these all are old lesion and no need to worry about it but still consult your pulmonologist. Also visit cardiologist for enlarged heart on x ray.
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What Causes Infiltrates In Right Upper Lung?

In my opinion your freind might be having tuberculosis in the past. The x ray findings you are describing is all favouring old fibrotic lesion. The right upperlobe pleural thickening is a sign of healed lesion. Thoracic spine deviated to the right is suggestive of right lung old gibrosis so that it slowly reduce the right side of chest cavity with compensatory emphysema on left side gives spinal curvature to the affected side. Aortic knuckle calcification suggest age more than 50. So in my opinion these all are old lesion and no need to worry about it but still consult your pulmonologist. Also visit cardiologist for enlarged heart on x ray.