What Does " Incidentally Bullae Of The Upper Lung Zones" Mean In An X Ray?
I'm a foundry worker and smoker. 44 years old. Just had chest x-rays that showed " Incidentally bullae of the upper lung zones, right greater then left side with mild apical chronic pleural scarring " I am not sure what that means. Should I be concerned ?
1.Emphysematous changes are generally seen in case of the smoking individuals with a long history. 2.As long as non significant - only remedy is to stop smoking will be definitely helpful. 3.Pleural scaring - is seen in case of the previous treated infection which leaves the trace of healed condition. 4.In this case if you are symptomatic - an HRCT high resolution computer tomography is investigation of choice of definitive diagnosis. 5.A Course of antibiotic with a followup x-ray will be helpful to the differentiate.
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What Does " Incidentally Bullae Of The Upper Lung Zones" Mean In An X Ray?
Welcome to health care magic. 1.Emphysematous changes are generally seen in case of the smoking individuals with a long history. 2.As long as non significant - only remedy is to stop smoking will be definitely helpful. 3.Pleural scaring - is seen in case of the previous treated infection which leaves the trace of healed condition. 4.In this case if you are symptomatic - an HRCT high resolution computer tomography is investigation of choice of definitive diagnosis. 5.A Course of antibiotic with a followup x-ray will be helpful to the differentiate. Good luck. Hope i have answered your query, any thing to ask ? do not hesitate to ask. http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-ganesh/62888