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Marcus Said:

I had a ct scan today and on the doctors orders it said LLL Opacity for the diagnosis. What is that?

We Answered:

Woah there! Hold your horses!

Opacity is not necessarily cancer

Although lung cancers DO cause an opacity on the Chest Xray and on the CT scan that is because there is "extra stuff" there blocking the x-ray beam.

Other things cause opacity too:
o Pneumonia
o Lymph Nodes
o Granulomatous diseases
o Parasitic infection (hydatid cyst)

Talk with your doctor first.

Oh yeah - quit smoking

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