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What Does Questionable Infiltrates Upper Left Lobe Mean?

Hi. I had a medical examinations last month and the result was QUESTIONABLE INFILTRATES UPPER LEFT LOBE and I retake the xray test, the result was APICOLORDIC VIEW SUGGESTED FOR FURTHER EVALUATION . What does this mean? I hope you could find an answer to this problem. Please give me suggestions for what I can do with this! Thanks Doctor!
Fri, 14 Nov 2014
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Thanks for your question on HCM.
Routinely chest x ray is taken in PA (PosteroAnterior) view. So in this view the apices of both lungs are not clearly visualised. The bony structures like firat two ribs and clavicle can obstruct the view and so upper lobes can not be visualised properly and hence reporting is not accurate.
So to overcome this, apicolordotic view is taken. In this chest x ray is not taken in PA view. It is taken in such a way that bony structures are not hindering apices and clear view of apices (upper lobes) is possible. So it is modification of PA view to get better and accurate view of upper lobes.
So get it done.
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What Does Questionable Infiltrates Upper Left Lobe Mean?

Thanks for your question on HCM. Routinely chest x ray is taken in PA (PosteroAnterior) view. So in this view the apices of both lungs are not clearly visualised. The bony structures like firat two ribs and clavicle can obstruct the view and so upper lobes can not be visualised properly and hence reporting is not accurate. So to overcome this, apicolordotic view is taken. In this chest x ray is not taken in PA view. It is taken in such a way that bony structures are not hindering apices and clear view of apices (upper lobes) is possible. So it is modification of PA view to get better and accurate view of upper lobes. So get it done.