What this mean suspicious densities at left apex?!
Question: It is important to understand that chest x-rays (and all x-rays), are 2-dimensional images of a 3-dimensional object (you). X-rays are beamed through the subject and strike a plate on the other side. The amount that passes through depends on the density of the various tissues. More dense tissues (bone, dense scarring, contrast material), result in less transmission than less dense tissues (air, lung). Therefore, what you see on the x-ray films are contrasting "shadows" of more vs. less x-ray transmission.
Because of the numerous structures in the upper chest, x-rays may show several shadows in normally clear areas. Reasons can range from the benign (rib shadows, anatomic anomalies), to more serious, including active infections (pneumonia, TB), old scars (healed TB), malignancies, and other diseases. Either way, suspicious densities should prompt your physician to pursue additional tests, which may include additional x-rays or CT scan.
Answers: It is important to understand that chest x-rays (and all x-rays), are 2-dimensional images of a 3-dimensional object (you). X-rays are beamed through the subject and strike a plate on the other side. The amount that passes through depends on the density of the various tissues. More dense tissues (bone, dense scarring, contrast material), result in less transmission than less dense tissues (air, lung). Therefore, what you see on the x-ray films are contrasting "shadows" of more vs. less x-ray transmission.
Because of the numerous structures in the upper chest, x-rays may show several shadows in normally clear areas. Reasons can range from the benign (rib shadows, anatomic anomalies), to more serious, including active infections (pneumonia, TB), old scars (healed TB), malignancies, and other diseases. Either way, suspicious densities should prompt your physician to pursue additional tests, which may include additional x-rays or CT scan.
exactly what it says, there is suspicious densities at the left apex............. they dont know exactly what they are but they are suspicious they could be malignant.
Densities in the left lung apex?
Suspicious means that they're going to have to do further testing to definitively diagnose the densities. Could be scarring from previous pneumonia, TB, malignancies, etc. Follow up with your Dr.