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Q: Scarring in right upper lobe

asked by: sunnyday78 on November 3rd, 2009

New User

i went to er last night with pain in my left side and they sent me home with a diagnosis of chest wall pain. But when I went to pick up my x-ray today it says:

accentuation of the normal thoracic kyphosis. There is generative change lower thoracic spine. Scarring right upper lobe. comparisons: to april 12, 2007 x-ray

what does that mean?

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MyrahU

replied on November 3rd, 2009

Active User, very eHealthy

Scarring can be from a previous lung infection. The last chest x-ray you had was on Apirl 12, 2007? They can look at that and see if the scar was there then, too. If it wasn't, they probably want to find out what caused it.

Do you have a current lung infection that is causing the chest wall pain? Do you have pneumonia now? Did they give you medication for it?

Do you have a regular doctor you can see to follow-up on this issue? If so, make sure the chest x-ray is sent to their office. If the scar cannot be explained, you should have further testing done to make sure it is really a scar and not something else and that something isn't causing it that you still have.

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