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A 67-year-old female asked:
Old ct reports .. no lung lesions . new ct reports ..... upper lobe nodule remains unchanged . mcrc patient . confussed plz advise ?
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Dr. Khayriyyah Chandleranswered
Family Medicine 16 years experience
Take this to your DR: I think this is important to review the discrepancy. Often your doctor can clarify by having a radiologist look at it on the phone and reviewing it together, but this definitely needs clarifying. By the way, lung nodules are VERY common, many are benign (non-cancerous).
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Dr. Kathy Robinsonanswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Missed nodule?: It is possible that the nodule was so small that it was missed on the first CT report. Whenever you have a CT scan or xray the radiologists always looks back and the previous one for comparison. It is possible that the radiologist that read the more recent CT saw something that was missed earlier. The fact that it is unchanged between CT reports means it is probably benign.
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A 67-year-old female asked:
Confused . Mcrc patient . Old CT scan says no lung lesions . New CT report 4 months after .. "Another upper lobe nodule which remains unchanged "?
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Dr. Neal Hakimianswered
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
The nodule: may not have been commented on in the first scan, but it was noticed in the second CT. When the interpreting radiologist saw the nodule, he probably reviewed the old one and found it there too. A stable nodule is often a good thing in the right context. Talk to your doctor with any questions.
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