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Can The Lump On Lung Be Cancer?
my friend is 26 yr old .. is a smoker, is very overweight and has had an xray because of severe constant chest pain for the last week, and the found a 15mm lump on the lower side of her right lung ,she had a chest xray 2 yrs ago cause of a car accident and it was clear,, she has been sent to a specialist but i am wondering what are the chances it is cancer ??
Fri, 11 Sep 2015
Hi,Welcome for your query to HCM.
Your smoker friend has only 1 week complaint of severe Constant Chest Pain.
Based on the query information,2 yrs back Xray chest was normal.
If chest pain is the single complaint,I would rule out the Infective causes for such a lump after review of the Chest Xray.
I would advise CT/PET Scan to study more details of the lump in the right lung.
Till you have definite study of the lung lump with Oncologist, who would examine all the aspect of lung lump,You should not carry any anxiety from such a painful lump in the lower lung,unless proved by HPR of the lump biospsy Flexible Bronchoscopy Under CT/PET Guidance or HPR study of the
Bronchial lavage from the nearby bronchus on flexible bronchoscopy.
Plan of assessment-
-If the lump remains or increases even after Antibiotic course for 10 days time,I would not label as a Canerous lump of the lung blindly.
So till then close this fear of Cancer,that would be my advise.
Hope this would help you to plan treatment with your doctor.
Will appreciate your review write up and hitting thanks,to help needy patient visitors like you at HCM.
Welcome for any further query in this regard.
Good day!!
Dr.Savaskar M.N.
Senior Surgical Specialist.
M.S.Genl-CVTS
Your smoker friend has only 1 week complaint of severe Constant Chest Pain.
Based on the query information,2 yrs back Xray chest was normal.
If chest pain is the single complaint,I would rule out the Infective causes for such a lump after review of the Chest Xray.
I would advise CT/PET Scan to study more details of the lump in the right lung.
Till you have definite study of the lung lump with Oncologist, who would examine all the aspect of lung lump,You should not carry any anxiety from such a painful lump in the lower lung,unless proved by HPR of the lump biospsy Flexible Bronchoscopy Under CT/PET Guidance or HPR study of the
Bronchial lavage from the nearby bronchus on flexible bronchoscopy.
Plan of assessment-
-If the lump remains or increases even after Antibiotic course for 10 days time,I would not label as a Canerous lump of the lung blindly.
So till then close this fear of Cancer,that would be my advise.
Hope this would help you to plan treatment with your doctor.
Will appreciate your review write up and hitting thanks,to help needy patient visitors like you at HCM.
Welcome for any further query in this regard.
Good day!!
Dr.Savaskar M.N.
Senior Surgical Specialist.
M.S.Genl-CVTS
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