Hi I m 46 years old,58 kgs.,5ft.6 in.My chest xray in 2009 revealed apical pleural thickening.I never had any serious illness.Now i had an x ray and it showed minimal PTB,my sputum smear tested negative but still waiting for the culture.I have started treatment,will it show changes in my xray result after 3 months?
Hi thanks for contacting Chat Doctor... Noted you have apical pleural thickening. So this thickening could be by fibrosis ...as a result of chronic infection or inflammation... You have suspected tuberculosis.... If culture report and molecular methods suggesting tuberculosis then AKT treatment given for tuberculosis....... WitChatDoctorpletion of therapy x-ray will show improvement .... But fibrotic thickening can remain as fibrosis is irreversible condition... Take care. Chat Doctor.