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What Does this chest CT Scan Result Mean?

The following is the CT scan of Chest. 1-Movement artefacts noted due to breathing diffculty. 2-Diffuse pre/paratracheal,paraaritic,pre carinal aorotpplumonary window mediastinal lymphadenopathy, largest measuring 12×14mm. 3-Diffuse mosaic pattern with hyper dense lesions with involving all segments of bilateral upper lobes and lower lobes. Non homogeneous hyperdense foci inbilateral lobes,left lingular lobe likely bronchiolitis with chronic infective changes. 4-Left mild pleural effusion with underlying consolidation changes. 5-Right minimal pleural collection. 6-Bilateral hilar thickening with apical pleural changes.
Thu, 2 Mar 2017
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Hi welcome to the health care magic

In CT scan report consolidation present along with bronchiolitis...
Bronchiolitis is lower respiratory tract infection..

As consolidation present, possibly pneumonia is also present leading pleural effusion as well..

Your further work up done as follow..
-CBC
-Auscultation
-sputum examination and culture
(sputum AFB stain also done to rule out tuberculosis)

According to cause further specific treatment given (the cause whether bacterial or other tuberculous organism or fungal infection will be decided by above investigations)

If bacterial pneumonia detected than antibiotic course needed for that...

If pleural Fluid collection more than tapping needed to remove it...

Take care

Hope your concern solved

Consult pulmonologoist for examination and your treatment...
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What Does this chest CT Scan Result Mean?

Hi welcome to the health care magic In CT scan report consolidation present along with bronchiolitis... Bronchiolitis is lower respiratory tract infection.. As consolidation present, possibly pneumonia is also present leading pleural effusion as well.. Your further work up done as follow.. -CBC -Auscultation -sputum examination and culture (sputum AFB stain also done to rule out tuberculosis) According to cause further specific treatment given (the cause whether bacterial or other tuberculous organism or fungal infection will be decided by above investigations) If bacterial pneumonia detected than antibiotic course needed for that... If pleural Fluid collection more than tapping needed to remove it... Take care Hope your concern solved Consult pulmonologoist for examination and your treatment...