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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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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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