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MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: 7 hours ago | Replies (16)
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@annalaine

Thanks - that is my instinct. The doctor was confident in his assessment so it is tempting to take the good news and move on. I just don’t want to give something that may be in the beginning stages to progress. I wish I had asked the doctor if his disagreement with the radiologists was about the actual presence of dilation or whether he thought it was too minor to be significant.

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | 2 days ago

You don't mention your age, history of pneumonia or smoking, or other lung conditions, but here is something I have noticed, especially in the era of many CT scans, is incidental finding of asymptomatic bronchiectasis. I personally would be reassured by the expert and only consider a follow-up CT in 2 years unless I started having frequent lung infections.

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