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Infrahilar Consolidation
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Infrahilar Consolidation
by 2ner, Jun 02, 2003 12:00AM
My husband was involved in an mva. He was taken to the ED following the accident where they took x-rays. two days later a letter was generated from the ED stating that he had a "right infrahilar consolidation" and they would like to run more x-rays. I called the ED and spoke with a nurse who didn't seem to know what i was talking about, but suggested that it might be the early stages of pneumonia. I looked online to see if I could find any info, but haven't come up with anything that says pneumonia, all I could find was that lung cancer should be ruled out.
Any information you could lend would be greatly appreciated.
He is a 30 yr old male, smoker (not for long though), hit in chest and face by air bag during mva.
Any information you could lend would be greatly appreciated.
He is a 30 yr old male, smoker (not for long though), hit in chest and face by air bag during mva.
Doctor's Answer
by National Jewish, Jun 06, 2003 12:00AM
, Jun 06, 2003 12:00AM
This particular situation could be due to several things. However, more medical details and evaluation are necessary to provide a precise diagnosis.
A firm diagnosis cannot be made from the chest x-ray alone. It requires correlation of the x-ray with your husband's other medical information including his history, physical examine and additional tests. The conditions which could cause this include but are not limited to:
- mouth or stomach contents or a foreign body related to the accident entering his lungs
- blood in his lungs or surrounding them from the accident
- pneumonia
- things not related to the accident such as lung cancer
A firm diagnosis cannot be made from the chest x-ray alone. It requires correlation of the x-ray with your husband's other medical information including his history, physical examine and additional tests. The conditions which could cause this include but are not limited to:
- mouth or stomach contents or a foreign body related to the accident entering his lungs
- blood in his lungs or surrounding them from the accident
- pneumonia
- things not related to the accident such as lung cancer
