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Cough with phlegm & right lung pain
Chain smoker for 30-years- deserted smoking from 15-yrs.Diabetic+ HTN...Treated for empyema and TB(2002)+ Aspirations done..
CT scan(6/2015)- (1).Bronchiectatic changes in basal segments of rt.Lower lobe with peribronchial thickening & mucus plugging(2) Tree in bud opacities in basal segment of rt.Lower lobe.(3) Linear atelectasis seen in Lingual (4) few small pre-vascular, pre-tracheal & aorto-pulmonary lymph nodes seen.. No significant pleural thickening/ fluid collection seen.
Intermittent dry cough with Pain in chest & Dizziness, while coughing.
.U/s scan- "Few Hyperechogenecity seen in Rt.lung"..Appetite normal..No weight loss/gain.
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Findings r suggestive of old tb healed but do sputum for afb and tb culture to rule out active disease, if negative further treatment is based on ur symptoms...
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first do sputum for AFB stain and routine culture. and if negative then pulmonary function test.
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