An 80-year-old male has had low grade fever almost daily between 37.8c-36.5c for over a month. Currently he stays in the hospital with diagnosis as unknown fever. His culture and blood exam come as normal. CT found some shade in the lung, but exclude cancer and infection. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you ver much.
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. In my opinion the shade on CT plate must be ground glass opacities (GO).Egos are very common in old age due to inflammation of lung. It is not infection. It is inflammation of lungs mostly due to inhalation injury. So ask your radiologist about possibility of Egos. As treatment is consisted of steroids only.10-15 days of steroids are sufficient to improve these Egos. Steroids show Chat Doctor.  But we need to first rule out infection.