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Does white patches on right side of my lung x-ray suggest cancer?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 31-year-old male. I am a smoker for 12 years. I am having throat congestion, cold, and now having excess mucus production with no history of weight loss. I have taken a chest x-ray in which there is a white patch on the right side. I wanted to know if it is cancer? My father is... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have seen your x-ray. (attachment removed to protect patient identity). The chest x-ray shows a prominent right hilar area most likely due to rotation. I mean you were rotated in position when the x-ray was taken and this might cause a false appearance of right hilar... Read Full »
Can smoking cause clubbed nails?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 23 year old male, who weighs 195 lbs and I am 5.10 feet tall. All of my fingers are clubbed. My nails have become wide and thick giving them an abnormal round appearance. The skin above my cuticles is slightly raised and red. My nails do not extend straight out, but they curve d... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have seen the photo (attachment removed to protect patient identity) of your nails and fingers, and it is in fact clubbing. The cause is smoking-induced lung damage and bronchiectasis. Regarding the reversibility, we cannot be sure at this moment, as it wi... Read Full »
Does tree in bud nodules in CT scan mean cancer?
Query: Hi doctor, My CT scan says defined streaky opacity with associated loss volume and clustered tree in bud nodules have developed in the anterior segment of the upper left lobe. The associated central bronchi are impacted. Without an obvious mass, although a small central lesion is not excluded. The ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Tree in bud appearance generally favors an infection. Can you upload your CT scan so that it may help? Do not bother about lung cancer. Revert with more information to a pulmonologist online --> https://www.icliniq.com/ask-a-doctor-online/pulmonologist Read Full »
How do I calculate radiation dose from three scout scans?
Query: Hello doctor, I had a CT scan of the chest and abdomen. What is odd about this scan is that the technician did three scout scans before the final helical scan, which made me uncomfortable because I do not know how much radiation I received in those scans. When I got the CD, I looked at the dose repo... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have seen the reports (attachment removed to protect patient identity). From calculations, the total radiation dose received by you during the CT scan is likely 10 mSv. Please note that scout images give low dose and three scout images will not significantly increas... Read Full »
Kindly review my report and help me know the reason for my breathing difficulty.
Query: Hello doctor, I had breathing difficulty two years ago. I consulted a doctor, and after a spirometry test, he said that everything was normal. However, it is not fully recovered. So, I took a computed tomography (CT) two days ago. I have attached my CT scan report. Kindly review my report and help m... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thank you for the query. I can understand your concern. According to your statement, you have been suffering from respiratory problems. Your recent chest HRCT (high-resolution computed tomography) has suggested multiple lung bullae due to chronic obstructive pulmonary di... Read Full »
Will CAT scan show lung cancer if pleural effusion is present?
Query: Hello doctor, How likely is a CAT scan to show a lung cancer if a pleural effusion is present? My husband has a pleural effusion and has had four CT scans, none of which show any suspicious mass. Cytology records are inconclusive. I am wondering if the presence of the pleural effusion limits the vi... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Detection of tumor on CAT (computed tomography) scan has nearly 85 to 90 percent efficacy which further increases to 95 percent in post-contrast studies. The pleasurable effusion can be due to numerous causes and in your case due to mucous plugging causing lung lobe col... Read Full »
What does the CT- chest scan value indicate in COVID-19 patients?
Query: Hi doctor,My friend is infected with COVID-19. He got his CT scan done, and I have his report from the lab. Since the information has all technical terms, I want to understand how severe his condition and case are. He will consult another doctor, who most probably will start steroids to control it f... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. CT (computed tomography) scan shows (attachments removed to protect the patient's identity) a lung involvement value of 16/25 which means there are blood clots in the lung field due to COVID-19 infection. There are three lobes in the right and two lobes in the left lung... Read Full »
My wife's blood report shows abnormal monocytes and ESR. Is this cause for concern?
Query: Hello doctor, Me and my wife got an annual blood test done. Few of my wife's results are off the radar. She is 30 years old, and she had a mild cough when the tests were done. She becomes tired very easily. In the attached hemogram report, her monocytes are 0 and ESR is 80. Rest of the tests includi... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern, but after a detailed evaluation of your wife's reports (attachment removed to protect patient identity), I would say there is nothing to worry. Only monocytes levels are low, it does not mean much. It does not cause anything serious if ... Read Full »
I have had trouble breathing for more than ten years. Can you interpret my CT scan results?
Query: Hello doctor,I have had trouble breathing for more than ten years. I used to smoke and worked in construction for a year and inhaled a lot of dust. I used to play saxophone but noticed I could not blow anymore, and my lung capacity was not the same. I take Zyprexa now. I got a CT scan of my chest. C... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your query and concern. I understand that you have been having breathing problems for quite some time, and now it seems to have deteriorated. I have seen all the attached images (attachments are hidden to protect the patient's identity) of your CT (comp... Read Full »
Query: Hello doctor,I had a chest MRI for chest wall pain today. All looked good compared to a chest CT scan done two years back, but there was an incidental finding of a thyroid nodule that is 0.23 inches on today's MRI. I am not sure if this was on the previous chest CT scan or not. The old CT scan repo... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thyroid nodules are incidental findings on most CT (computed tomography) and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans. In general, these nodules are evaluated if there are worrying features such as large size, blood vessel activity (vascularity), and texture variations. A... Read Full »