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Please tell me, could a 6mm cyst on liver nodule be a carcinoid?

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Cysts are not carcin: A cyst is different than a nodule. The size of 6 mm is too small to call it a carcinoid. Carcinoids will produce nodules on the liver which are solid as opposed to cysts which are fluid filled structures.

Dr Sheppard and another doctor agreed

Answered 8/5/2014

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