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Do they use dye for lung CT scans?

I will have a lung CT scan. Do they use dye for lung CT scans?

2 Answers

No, dye is not typically used for lung CT scans.
It depends on what the doctor orders and the purpose of bvb the ct scan. The algorithm for diagnostic scans for possible lung cancer is without. But that had just changed so some doctors may still want it done with contrast.