Could someone please help me make sense of this report? My mom just had a chest X-ray:
The barium study of the thoracic organs shows no signs of infiltration or acute congestion within the lung parenchyma. Along the right thoracic wall, at the level of the upper hilum, there is an irregular calcification along with some linear shadows indicative of scarring. There are also sclerotic scarring changes noted in the right parahilar region. Both hila show scarring with calcifications present in the lymph nodes.
No effusion detected.
The heart shadow appears globally enlarged.
Aortic atherosclerosis.
The barium study of the thoracic organs shows no signs of infiltration or acute congestion within the lung parenchyma. Along the right thoracic wall, at the level of the upper hilum, there is an irregular calcification along with some linear shadows indicative of scarring. There are also sclerotic scarring changes noted in the right parahilar region. Both hila show scarring with calcifications present in the lymph nodes.
No effusion detected.
The heart shadow appears globally enlarged.
Aortic atherosclerosis.