What does "There are healed calicified granulomata in both lung bases and probably in the pulmonary hila. mean


Question:
I received these results from an xray, i was wondering if anyone could tell me what it means. Also what does.. I see no infiltrate or effuison or bronchial wall thickening. mean?

Answers:
Were they looking for TB, because that can suggest that at one point you had been infected with tuburculosis because that can cause lesions in your lungs. No infiltrates or effusion means that there is no fluid on the lungs and no bronchial wall thickening is also a positive sign of lung health

Other Answers:
the granulomata usually refer to a previous infectious process in your lungs that have healed. the infection may come from various diseases, and in certain parts of the world TB is the primary culprit.

effusion refers to the presence of fluid in the pleural spaces (the lining of your lungs), and its absence is of course a good sign, as well as the absence of infiltrates (usually referring to an active infection) and bronchial wall thickening (also commonly seen during an active infection and other inflammatory processes).


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