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What Is The Reason For "infective Etiology" On Chest X-ray?
my name is imli n my father had a x-ray Chest PA-70 and the report shows an impression of likely infective etiology(Adv CECT thorax) i've been searching for the answer in the web bt could not find the exact answer so i wanted to know about my father's report..
Fri, 25 Jul 2014
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This is Dr.Ram
According to the provided information from you Mr. Imli your dad has a infection in the chest which can have caused a consolidation or a cavitatory lesion or so on.
Just to get further more information about the lesion the doctor has asked you to get a contrast enhanced CT of the thorax done.
If you provide me the entire details of the chest x-ray i can explain you better regarding the same .
Thank You
This is Dr.Ram
According to the provided information from you Mr. Imli your dad has a infection in the chest which can have caused a consolidation or a cavitatory lesion or so on.
Just to get further more information about the lesion the doctor has asked you to get a contrast enhanced CT of the thorax done.
If you provide me the entire details of the chest x-ray i can explain you better regarding the same .
Thank You
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