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What Causes Infiltration In Lower Lobes Of The Lungs?
I have COPD and I just over pnuemonia. My doctor took another chest xray today, and said I have infiltration in both lower lobes of my lungs, he has ordered a ct scan of my lungs, and he also told me the last four people that he has seen with this was diagnosed with lung cancer
Fri, 24 Oct 2014
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In my opinion you should definitely get done CT scan as CT gives much better idea about lung parenchyma.
In my opinion I don't think it is cancer. As in bilateral lung infiltrate rarely seen in cancer.
Causes of bilateral lung infiltrate are
1. Pulmonary edema
2. Bilateral bacterial pneumonia
3. Viral pneumonia
4. Bronchiolitis
5. TB.
6. Malignancy specifically Broncho alveolar carcinoma.
So we have to rule out other causes first. So better to get done CT Thorax with contrast.
In my opinion you should definitely get done CT scan as CT gives much better idea about lung parenchyma.
In my opinion I don't think it is cancer. As in bilateral lung infiltrate rarely seen in cancer.
Causes of bilateral lung infiltrate are
1. Pulmonary edema
2. Bilateral bacterial pneumonia
3. Viral pneumonia
4. Bronchiolitis
5. TB.
6. Malignancy specifically Broncho alveolar carcinoma.
So we have to rule out other causes first. So better to get done CT Thorax with contrast.
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