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Right Pleural Thickening

2017-03-07 15:00:58
I was asked for a medical check for my job at bank and in the chest x-ray report it showed "Right Pleural Thickening" .. what does this mean ?
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It is due to old pleural infection which is healed, its a scar in pluera(a layer covering lung). No need to worry.

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