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What Does This CT Scan Result For Chronic Cough Indicate?

I have been coughing for five months and have had four lots of Antibiotics which have not helped at all. I have now been sent for a CT Scan and the one comment says there is a small calcified granulomas in the right liver lobe. Can you explain what this means?
Tue, 28 Apr 2015
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Hi. Granulomas are seen in any ongoing systemic condition like the chest infection you mentioned. Its just a lesion in the liver due to a inflammatory reaction. Tb is a common cause. Fungal infections are another. There is an ongoing cause which your pulmonologist need to detect. Take care.
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What Does This CT Scan Result For Chronic Cough Indicate?

Hi. Granulomas are seen in any ongoing systemic condition like the chest infection you mentioned. Its just a lesion in the liver due to a inflammatory reaction. Tb is a common cause. Fungal infections are another. There is an ongoing cause which your pulmonologist need to detect. Take care.