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I've been told i have a shadow on my thoracic vertebra. what can this mean. i'm 68 and have had bowel cancer and lung cancer as well as 5 tias. i also have an infected lymph gland in my right armpit for at least a year. it's still there 1 year later?

Q: i've been told i have a shadow on my thoracic vertebra. what can this mean. i'm 68 and have had bowel cancer and lung cancer as well as 5 tias. i also have an infected lymph gland in my right armpit for at least a year. it's still there 1 year later?

: Would follow up with your oncologist and neurosurgeon as to whether this is a lytic lesion cancer lesion in the vertebra or infection in the vertebra . Sometimes it is just a hemangioma ( a benign blood tumor or collection of vessels) but it does need follow up.

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Would follow up with your oncologist and neurosurgeon as to whether this is a lytic lesion cancer lesion in the vertebra or infection in the vertebra . Sometimes it is just a hemangioma ( a benign blood tumor or collection of vessels) but it does need follow up.

Answered 3/17/2021

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A member asked:

I've been told i have a shadow on my thoracic vertebra. what can this mean. i'm 68 and have had bowel cancer and lung cancer as well as 5 tias. i also have an infected lymph gland in my right armpit for at least a year. it's still there 1 year later?

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Dr. Rebecca Gliksman answered

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