A member asked:

I have a 3cm ant medistinum mass, weight loss and a cough. can it be lymphoma or can doctors tell if it's thymoma? pet and ct scan were inconclusive.

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Dr. Jean Yared answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Oncology

Needs biopsy: A pet scan negative (no hypermetabolic lesions) is good news but some of the cancers are not pet avid and therefore a biopsy is warranted to rule out malignancy.

Answered 4/23/2014

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