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Discharge letter "subtle ventilation defect seen lower right lobe of lung airways disease (infection) possibility ? does this mean copd or worse?
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It doesn't: mean you have COPD, and it may not be very significant but it should be correlated with a chest X-ray or chest CT to make sure.
Answered 10/6/2015
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