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What Does This PA Chest X-ray Report Specify?

Hello!..inhave my chest PA and it said that i have inhomogenous opacities ith cavitations noted in the right upper to mid lung field.the heart and the rest of the structure are unremarkable. IPRESSION: PTB WITH CAVITATION CONCURRENT PNEUMONIA CONSIDERED.. what does that mean?..pls help me understand what happening?

posted on Tue, 19 Jan 2016

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Mon, 25 Apr 2016 Answered on

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General & Family Physician, Dr. Dr. Parth Goswami's Response

Hi thanks for asking question in HCM...

Noted you have done chest x ray...
Showing opacity in lung field of right side...
You might have cough with fever show chest x ray might have done...

Let me know you this x ray finding suggestive pneumonia..
It is infection of lung paranchyma , so with fluid or pus alveoli of lung filled and in x ray seen as opacity or consolidation....

Here cause can be bacteria or tuberculous...
So i will advise for sputum examination...
In lab they will do gram stain and AFB stain...
According to cause treatment done....
Sputum culture also helpful...

Hope i have solved your concern...

DR.PARTH GOSWAMI

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