A member asked:

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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Dr. Michael Gabor answered

Specializes in Diagnostic Radiology

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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