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Afraid I may have ipf. What should I ask pulmonologist? I have appointment in 2
Will a regular CT scan show fibrosis or does it need to be HRCT? I have read those can still miss something like 33% of cases. I am 46, morbidly obese with severe sleep apnea and have been on cpap for 4 years. Is biopsy only way to definitively exclude or confirm diagnosis? I think I am very high risk for biopsy. If a HRCT is normal would you think I would be negative for pulmonary fibrosis?
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I think an HRCT is pretty good at diagnosing IPF. My pulmonologist wanted me to have a lung biopsy to be sure. After the biopsy confirmed IPF, I went to National Jewish Hospital in Denver for a 2nd opinion, & they didn’t think the biopsy was necessary.
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