What is it???

aneta · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:48 pm Post subject: What is it???

I am glad I found this forum and I hope that maybe you could help me.

My husband is 65 yo, after liver transplant 1.5 years ago. He was complaining about chest pain for some time, has cough with phlegm and back pain - his MD would always say that it is all normal, due to his transplant etc or like chest pains would treat with some medication.

But finally he had a CT done 2 weeks ago, and they found "2.6 x 2.1 cm spiculated lesion in the right lower lobe abutting the right hemidiaphragm. The morphology of the lesion is suspicious for primary lung carcinoma". This is what it is in a report.

We went to see a doctor and he gave us 3 options: 1.wait and observe, 2. biopsy, 3. remove it. We decided to have a biopsy done.
I am trying to be positive but I am not coping with this well. Could it be something from the surgery(liver transplant, 2 recent hernia surgeries) like scar tissue or fluid? Can you tell by looking at the CT?

What do you think??

pbj11 · Site Admin Joined: 12 May 2007 Posts: 802

I think it sounds like you and your husband have already been through a lot with his health. I'm sorry that you are in the land of doctors again.

You're going to have to sit tight until they can give you a definitive diagnosis. I'm surprised that they didn't do a PET scan, but a firm diagnosis can only be done with a biopsy.

Although the lesion isn't enormous, it isn't tiny either, so it's not good to wait around in case it turns out to be lung cancer.

They can differentiate fluid from masses/tumors/lesions with a CT scan, so it isn't likely to be fluid. Fluid can be picked up on an x-ray.

Good luck and best wishes for it to be something benign. I know how scared you must be and I hope for the best for both of you.

PBJ
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aneta · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:15 pm Post subject: Re: What is it???

Thank you for your response.

I was afraid if that was "just" fluid they would have said so. So we have no choice but to wait for the biopsy results. I am scared.

I will keep you posted with the results.

Tahnk you for your warm words:)

brainman · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:16 am Post subject: Re: What is it???

Aneta, waiting can be one of the hardest times. You and your husband are in my thoughts and prayers.
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