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What Does The Following Chest X-ray Suggest?
Not sure what all this means but this is what the xray says: FINDINGS Left chest port is again seen. The heart is mildly enlarged. The pulmonary vasculature is mildly prominent associated mild hazy appearance of the mid lung to base on both sides. Potential superimposed infiltrate at the left lung base is not excluded. There is no pleural effusion seen.
Fri, 7 Nov 2014
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In my opinion your chest x ray is suggestive of left sided pneumonia.
Left sided infiltrate is seen in pneumonia. So possibility of left sided pneumonia is more.
Other important findings are enlarged cardiac size and prominent pulmonary vasculature. This suggest early pulmonary edema and early heart failure.
So better to get done 2D Echo to rule out heart failure.
In my opinion your chest x ray is suggestive of left sided pneumonia.
Left sided infiltrate is seen in pneumonia. So possibility of left sided pneumonia is more.
Other important findings are enlarged cardiac size and prominent pulmonary vasculature. This suggest early pulmonary edema and early heart failure.
So better to get done 2D Echo to rule out heart failure.
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