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What Does This Chest X-ray Report Indicate?

Chest xray result of a 3yr old boy were hazy densities in inner lung zones with perihilar nodularities.trachea is midline.cardiac silhoutte is not enlarged. No retrosternal or retricardiac fullnes..unremarkable hemidiaphragms, costrophenic sulci and osseous structures are unremarkable..impressions was nonspecific central pneumonitis with perihilar adenopathies.my son has been in a maintenance for he had been positive in ppd test..does this mean aside fr primary complex, he has pneumonitis?
Thu, 14 Jan 2016
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I really appreciate your concern, look such finding needs to be correlated with the clinical condition if the clinical condition support this then it may be primary complex, along with this other test and clinical findings are the matter of concern as long as the diagnosis is concern, else the x-ray report may insignificant, hope this information helps.
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What Does This Chest X-ray Report Indicate?

HI Well come to HCM I really appreciate your concern, look such finding needs to be correlated with the clinical condition if the clinical condition support this then it may be primary complex, along with this other test and clinical findings are the matter of concern as long as the diagnosis is concern, else the x-ray report may insignificant, hope this information helps.