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Can You Please Explain The CT Scan Of My Lungs
Question: Can you please explain The CT scan of my lungs please. I'm trying to understand the terms.
Brief Answer:
Nothing serious
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to 'Ask A Doctor' service...
I can understand your concern...
I've checked the report of your chest CT. Firstly, these findings are not so serious don't worry so much.
Pleuroparenchimal thickness means that probably you have smoked or worked in a polluted environment and have passed lung infection during your lifetime. For these, just lifestyle modification should be done.
The nodules are not changed during the time and this is a good sign. You should follow the radiologist's recommendations for those.
Atelectasis means that there a difficulty for your lungs to fully expand.
However, it is very important to know what are your signs and symptoms such as do you have a cough, breathlessness or fatigue to correlate with the chest CT findings.
I hope to have been helpful...
Feel free to contact me again
Regards
Dr. Jolanda
Nothing serious
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to 'Ask A Doctor' service...
I can understand your concern...
I've checked the report of your chest CT. Firstly, these findings are not so serious don't worry so much.
Pleuroparenchimal thickness means that probably you have smoked or worked in a polluted environment and have passed lung infection during your lifetime. For these, just lifestyle modification should be done.
The nodules are not changed during the time and this is a good sign. You should follow the radiologist's recommendations for those.
Atelectasis means that there a difficulty for your lungs to fully expand.
However, it is very important to know what are your signs and symptoms such as do you have a cough, breathlessness or fatigue to correlate with the chest CT findings.
I hope to have been helpful...
Feel free to contact me again
Regards
Dr. Jolanda
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Arnab Banerjee
What about the ground glass opacity in correlation to this?
Brief Answer:
Continue discussion
Detailed Answer:
Hi again
It is related to current of cronich infection you may have encountered during your timelife
Regards
Dr Jolanda
Continue discussion
Detailed Answer:
Hi again
It is related to current of cronich infection you may have encountered during your timelife
Regards
Dr Jolanda
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
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