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Results of Thoracic CT Scan

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Xiugiami - 08 Dec 2003 17:17 GMT
Can someone tell me what these results means? I need this is straight
English (I'm just a layman).
This test was done after 1 cycle of FEC.
Thanks.
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Thoracic CT

Clinical Indication: Breast cancer localized to the right. Exclude second
cancer in the right lower sternum.

No previous.

A tiny subpleural micronodule is seen in the right upper lobe laterally.
Some scarring is seen in the medial segment of the right middle lobe. A 1cm
nodule is seen in the posterior basal segment of the right lower lobe
immediately about the diaphragmatic surface. The left lung is clear. The
tracheobronchial tree is patent. No pleural or pericardial effusions are
seen.

Imaging artifact from great contrast concentration is seen in the upper
right axillary region. Small less than 1 cm short axis lymph nodes are seen
within both axillary regions. No mediastinal or hilar lymphadenopathies are
seen. The heart is of normal size. No destructive bony lesion is seen within
the thorax particularly involving the sternal area.

Opinion:
1. Two nonspecific right lung parenchymal nodules for which a follow up is
recommended in 3 months time.
2. Otherwise, the study is unremarkable.

Please refer to the abdominal and pelvic CT performed on the same date for
further findings.

Measurements made from 3D or multiplanar reformatted images ARE POTENTIALLY
INACCURATE.  Please base your measurements from "source images".
Tim Jackson - 08 Dec 2003 21:16 GMT
> Can someone tell me what these results means? I need this is straight
> English (I'm just a layman).
[quoted text clipped - 32 lines]
> Measurements made from 3D or multiplanar reformatted images ARE POTENTIALLY
> INACCURATE.  Please base your measurements from "source images".

What I make of it is this:

This is a chest CT scan, a 3-d x-ray.  Similar scans of the rest of the
torso were done at the same time but not reported here.  The writer is asked
to ignore the cancer sites known from other tests.  This is the first time
this type of scan has been done on this patient, therefore there is no way
of assessing whether things are new or long established, growing or stable.
The scan shows a couple of suspicious spots on the right lung which are not
necessarily cancerous.  The rest of the scanned organs appear normal.  The
writer recommends that a further scan be done in 3 months to establish
whether these lumps are growing.  He also comments on an object visible near
the right armpit which he believes is not real but was spuriously generated
by noise in the imaging system.

I would think that the fact that the spots are on the same side as the
cancer and there are no spots on the other side, might mean a little more
cause for concern than there would otherwise be.

Understand that I am not a medical professional and could easily have missed
something.

You should not need to be asking this question.  Your consultant should not
give you this information without an explanation in layman's language.  It
is bad practice to give patients 'raw' technical reports as they are mostly
meaningless and often frightening to one who does not understand the jargon,
especially routine descriptions of things that are normal or unexceptional.

Tim Jackson
 
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