Hi Jeanette,
I saw your post from 2018. I know it's been a couple years, but how are you doing? I am writing because I had a similar situation happen to me this week. I also had a nodule followed a few years ago (which also had not grown in 2 years), but on a CT scan that I had done last week for another issue, the radiologist commented that the nodule was unchanged but "emphysematous lungs." He did not specify type, areas affected, or if it had changed from the CT scan done a few years prior? There was no mention on the prior CT scans of this finding. I have no symptoms except for maybe a tight chest on exertion, which I attributed to being "out of shape." I am a lifelong nonsmoker, BMI 23, and age 48. I get pulmonary function tests done tomorrow. I even considered the notion that maybe the radiation from the three CTs I had done following the nodule caused the lung changes? I don't believe there are any studies to suggest that this would be possible, but I can't understand how my lungs were supposedly completely normal when it comes to emphysema a few years ago and now they are not? I was curious about how you are doing, your health status, and if you were able to find out any more information regarding your imaging studies? Any info would be very helpful, thanks!