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What Is Lung Opacity?
Hi, I recently went to the emergency for a chest injury. I had an xray and they first that I had a broken sternum so they next did a ct scan. They asked if I had felt sick cause it looked like pnemonia. I said no. They then did blood work and it turned out I did not have any infections. The dr said I had some opacities in my right lung. My question is what in the world is a lung opacity and should I be worried?
Thu, 30 Nov 2017
Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Chest injury can sometimes cause lung injury in the form of lung contusion.
It appears as lung infection (pneumonia) on chest x ray and CT thorax.
So lung opacity is mostly due to lung contusion.
So no need to worry much.
Get done repeat CT thorax after 3 months.
It will resolve during this time and opacity will be gone.
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
I can understand your concern.
Chest injury can sometimes cause lung injury in the form of lung contusion.
It appears as lung infection (pneumonia) on chest x ray and CT thorax.
So lung opacity is mostly due to lung contusion.
So no need to worry much.
Get done repeat CT thorax after 3 months.
It will resolve during this time and opacity will be gone.
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
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