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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Medical & Dental Studies

Tularemia related terms

Could anyone please explain to me what the phrase peribronchial infiltrates stands for in this sentence:
Chest radiography shows frequently peribronchial infiltrates, typically progressing to bronchopneumonia, pleural effusions and hilar lymphadenopathy.
  

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Although I am not from the medical world, a google lookup of 'peribronchial infiltrates' give the following results. 'When you look at the chest x-ray, near the heart and the lungs you get this sort of flaring, it looks like little road maps surrounding the lung. ' Hope this helped.

  • Although I am not from the medical world, a google lookup of 'peribronchial infiltrates' give the following results.
  • 'When you look at the chest x-ray, near the heart and the lungs you get this sort of flaring, it looks like little road maps surrounding the lung.
  • ' Hope this helped.
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Although I am not from the medical world, a google lookup of 'peribronchial infiltrates' give the following results.

'When you look at the chest x-ray, near the heart and the lungs you get this sort of flaring, it looks like little road maps surrounding the lung. These are evidence of peribronchial infiltrates or evidence of viral pneumonia.'

Hope this helped.

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