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Lung thickening
Lung thickening = pleura or lining of lungs becomes thicker or has greater depth. May occur with some lung diseases.
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Lung thickening?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Can Asthma cause interstitial lung thickening?
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A 31-year old male asked:
What causes interstitial lung thickening besides Interstitial Lung Disease?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Does my asthma with hyperinflated lungs and thickening mean I have Interstitial Lung Disease?
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A 34-year old asked:
What could cause a lung nodule to thicken?
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A 30-year old male asked:
My chest xray findings: clear lungs. Apical pleural thickening. Is it serious?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Ct 4 pneumomed (ok now) also noted "minimal interlobular septal thickening @ lung apices", "thickwalled but decompressed bladder", "irregularly shaped enhancing follicle in left ovary". Translation?
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A 40-year old male asked:
CT concerns me small fluid in pelvis with subtle enhancement of adjacent peritoneum. no rim enhancement & no air.Minor hydroureter & hydronephrosis. Dependent changes in lung base.Mural thickening of terminal & distal ileum with vasa recta engorged?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I had spontaneous pneumomediastinum. My CT scan noted "minimal interlobular septal thickening @ lung apices consistent w/pulmonary congestion". What does that mean and did the sp cause it?
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A 38-year old asked:
Lung xray shows pleural thickening. Is that precursor to cancer?
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A 43-year old female asked:
Lung ct shows nodular thickening along left major fissure. what does this mean?
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A 50-year old male asked:
What is outcome for patient with end stage metastatic lung cancer & extreme pleural thickening (benign)? Has to have injections to liquefy & extract.
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A 40-year old asked:
Can you explain if it's possible to have lung scarring and plueral thickening in the lower left lung and not have pulmonary fibrosis?
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A 46-year old female asked:
Can someone suddenly develop apical thickening in lung over one month interval without any noticeable respiratory illness? Is it d/t radiologist inter-reader variability? If not, what can cause such change? CXR ordered for upper back/shoulder pain?
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A member asked:
What does thickening of interstitial lung markings mean?
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A 31-year old male asked:
What causes mild diffuse interstitial thickening of the lungs? I have asthma?
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A 44-year old male asked:
What is bilateral hillar peribronchial thickening and hillar nodes in lungs. Do they have any correlation and what is there treatment?
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A 31-year old male asked:
What is interstitial thickening of the lung mean?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Abnormal FDG activity involving pleural thickening in Rt lower lateral lung base compatible with inflammatory VS early neoplasticism disease. Meaning?
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A 48-year old asked:
Which is nodular pleural thickening of the right lung base?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Is mild interstitial thickening caused by intestinal lung disease? Or can it be caused by something else instead like a cold?
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A 50-year old female asked:
I had a recent ctscan and it said, lung scars/and or alectosis and plueral thickening of the lower left hemithorax. What does that mean exactly?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Can pleural plaques cause pain during/after exertion due to the thickening of the lung lining?
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A 72-year old male asked:
Lung fields are clear. Blunting of the right costophrenic angle. - Right Basal Pleural Thickening. Is it serious?
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A female asked:
I too was told I have a thickening of my left adrenal gland as well as nodules in my lungs and lesions on my kidneys. Should I be concerned?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Does a finding of interstitial thickening of the lung mean Interstitial Lung Disease? Or does it mean my lungs are inflamed from my Asthma?
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A 31-year old male asked:
I am 32 years old, and I have asthma. I recently had a chest X-ray and it said my lungs were hyperinflation with mild interstitial thickening. Can this be asthma?
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A 31-year old male asked:
What is the treatment for mild diffuse interstitial thickening? Would I need a lung transplant?
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A female asked:
My MRI of my thyroid also showed pleural thickening with subpleural blend in both apices of my lungs. What does this mean?
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A member asked:
My hrct result found Fibrotic changes seen in middle lobe of right lung.Minimal left focal pleural thickening. I am a smoker. What does it mean?
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