WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for December, 2000: Re: Question for Drs (esp. Dr Marchbein, Almen, Braun, Shanahan,etc)

Re: Question for Drs (esp. Dr Marchbein, Almen, Braun, Shanahan,etc)

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 10 Dec 2000 22:44:46 -0600 (CST)

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At Sun, 10 Dec 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>Hi,
>
>Thought I'd direct this question to one of you, since we talked about this
>before and I won't have to re-explain all the details.
>
>I just had my four month CT as planned today, and this time they included the
>thoracic region (they're primarily checking on the RLQ lymph nodes, though,
>but decided to include this area since they never did it before.) They had
>to redirect me to another hospital due to no availabilities, so I brought a
>copy of my old film and both my past reports and the radiologist looked them
>over for comparison. Tomorrow afternoon I can contact my doctor so she can
>attempt to get info on the results....but realistically it will probably be a
>few days until I know anything.
>
>Question is - the lymph nodes have been there since at least last January. My
>fevers and such worsened since then, but at the moment are unchanged.
>Regardless of that, if this scan shows the nodes are gone, I no longer have
>to have any concern of having lymphoma, correct? I mean if the nodes go down,
>that must mean there is no malignancy, right? On the other hand, if the nodes
>have grown, does that imply that I do have a malignant process going on in
>there? They've tested me for all kinds of infections and nothing has shown.
>My gallium scan and some bloodwork has been off a little as I explained
>before, but nothing to suggest any kind of infection or anything.
>
>Thanks a lot for any replies. The waiting for the results is the worst part
>of this test. :-(
>
>Kas

Kas

You are correct in principle. If those nodes are anywhere close to the same size as before, you probably need to have them biopsied. Fingers crossed

--
William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
Editorial Advisor-Pregnancy and Birth
Private Practice
New Orleans, La.

*Please understand I can not respond to private emails.

*These comments are for educational purposes only.  They are
not meant to take the place of an examination by a qualified
health care provider.  They are not intended to be the start
of a physician-patient relationship.

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