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I had a follow up chest ct scan due to small (4mm) nodules in my lungs and now the report says this: stable nodules and multiple small patchy groundglass opacities in both lungs, more prominent in the upper lobes. what does that mean?

Q: i had a follow up chest ct scan due to small (4mm) nodules in my lungs and now the report says this: stable nodules and multiple small patchy groundglass opacities in both lungs, more prominent in the upper lobes. what does that mean?

: Those CT findings are abnormal. You need to be evaluated by a pulmonologist (a lung specialist). Further blood tests need to be done and lung biopsy may be required if diagnosis can't be reliably confirmed with blood tests.

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Specializes in Nephrology and Dialysis

Those CT findings are abnormal. You need to be evaluated by a pulmonologist (a lung specialist). Further blood tests need to be done and lung biopsy may be required if diagnosis can't be reliably confirmed with blood tests.

Answered 1/19/2023

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A member asked:

I had a follow up chest ct scan due to small (4mm) nodules in my lungs and now the report says this: stable nodules and multiple small patchy groundglass opacities in both lungs, more prominent in the upper lobes. what does that mean?

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