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What Does "small Bilateral Inguinal Infra-centrimetric Adenopathies " Mean?

Posted on Wed, 10 Dec 2014

Question: Hi, my mother had a stage III colon cancer discovered in XXXXXXX this year. She had radio and chemo therapy before surgery and then 6 more chemo therapy sessions (in total, 6 months of chemo treatment). On her last blood test (1 and a half month after finishing chemo) the tumor markers are in the normal range, while the liver enzymes, alkalyne phosphatase is 119, while the GGT is 101; by reading her RMI (for lower abdomen) shows everything clear instead of "small bilateral inguinal infra-centrimetric adenopathies " and "no tumor masses in the pelvis". While waiting for her CT and her visiting her doctor, can you please give us your opinion?
Many thanks

Answered by Dr. Dr Samir Patil (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Sub centimetre lymph node can be a normal finding

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have gone through the details you have provided.

I have One query
What Is RMI?
I assumed it is a typo error and you meant MRI of lower abdomen.

In that case it does not show recurrence/ spread. Sub-centimetre lymph nodes can be a normal finding and is not a cause for worry.(especially since the Tumor markers are normal)

I would wait for the CT report to take a final call in saying that there is no recurrence till date.

Hope this helps
Regards
Dr Samir Patil

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