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What Does This Chest X-ray Report Indicate?

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Posted on Fri, 3 Feb 2017
Question: What could this possibly mean? It came up in a random chest X-ray from ER visit for BP spike. I'm 48 yo female, non smoker. Occassional asthma.

"continued hazy appearing infiltrate vs fat pad obscuring the right heart border. Recommend CT scan to be evaluate"
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Answered by Dr. Ganesh Sanap (33 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
X-ray Film will be helpful

Detailed Answer:
Hi , Welcome to HCM.

First, I will explain the fat pad. There's thin layer of fat around heart which can be seen on chest X-ray depending on obesity of patient.

Secondly, continuous haziness infiltrate could be vessels which travels aside the heart shadow.

If you do not have any symptoms, this both symptoms appears to be normal.
I can elaborate more on this if you could please upload the X-ray film. You can simply upload/attach it the reports section.

You have occasional asthma, which may show lungs more black rather than infiltrate which appears white.

Hope this will help .
Please feel free to ask if you have further query.

Regards.
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What Does This Chest X-ray Report Indicate?

Brief Answer: X-ray Film will be helpful Detailed Answer: Hi , Welcome to HCM. First, I will explain the fat pad. There's thin layer of fat around heart which can be seen on chest X-ray depending on obesity of patient. Secondly, continuous haziness infiltrate could be vessels which travels aside the heart shadow. If you do not have any symptoms, this both symptoms appears to be normal. I can elaborate more on this if you could please upload the X-ray film. You can simply upload/attach it the reports section. You have occasional asthma, which may show lungs more black rather than infiltrate which appears white. Hope this will help . Please feel free to ask if you have further query. Regards.