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What Does Upper Right Zone Calcification On Chest Signify?
Chest x-ray. Is there any solution for upper right zone ? sIR, hi, this is XXXXXX age 25 years from hyderabad,,, sir i had some medical tests regarding the visa process for saudi arabia . they failed me in the test by giving a report that my chest x XXXXXXX shows right upper ZONE CALCIFICATION , then i had x XXXXXXX from another famous radiologist he says that i had nothing when i discussed this thing to people who failed me in the test they says that i dont have any problem but there is a effective starch on my chest and there is no solution for that and i cant go to gulf countries coz of GCC rules,, kindly help me in this,,, is really there is no solution for this problem
Wed, 28 Jan 2015
Thanks for your question on HCM.
I can understand your situation and problem.
In my opinion you are having inactive scar tissue in right upper zone due to past infection like tuberculosis or pneumonia.
Any lung insult whether tuberculosis or pneumonia or trauma, once treated can be healed by fibrosis or calcification. And these will remain through out the life and appears on x ray as whitish lesion. But this is not active , infectious lesion. To prove this point you need to consult pulmonologist and get done
1. CT thorax
2. Bronchoscopy and BAL (Bronchoalveolar lavage) analysis.
If both are negative than you can argue with visa authority about not having active, infectious disease.
So consult pulmonologist and discuss about these.
I can understand your situation and problem.
In my opinion you are having inactive scar tissue in right upper zone due to past infection like tuberculosis or pneumonia.
Any lung insult whether tuberculosis or pneumonia or trauma, once treated can be healed by fibrosis or calcification. And these will remain through out the life and appears on x ray as whitish lesion. But this is not active , infectious lesion. To prove this point you need to consult pulmonologist and get done
1. CT thorax
2. Bronchoscopy and BAL (Bronchoalveolar lavage) analysis.
If both are negative than you can argue with visa authority about not having active, infectious disease.
So consult pulmonologist and discuss about these.
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