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Lung scan report

2015-09-26 15:40:25
My father got his ct lung scan done yesterday . Report says. Subtle areas post inflammatory/infectious fibrosis in both upper lobes . Patchy air trapping in patenchyma bilaterally. And a small paraseptal bulla in left upper lobe. Could any doc please help me understand it. I n very worried since he is a smoker.
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please forgive for over simplifying if I say he has devloped patchy disease and the lung has thinned out like a balloon at places  and is very thick at places decreasing elasticity and increasing plasticity of the lung by which he adjusts to change in oxygen requirements slowly

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