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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Suggest Remedy For Chest Discomfort

My mother was having some chest discomfort. Not exactly pain; more like a sensation. She had stents put in ten yrs ago, and assumed it was clogged arteries. She just had a chest x-ray today, and a pleural density showed up in her left lung. She quit smoking over 25 years ago (she is 71 now). She has no other symptoms. She exercises, eats so healthy, gets around great. Is this definitely lung cancer? She has to schedule a CT scan tomorrow
Fri, 10 Oct 2014
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Pain Medicine & Palliative Care Specialist 's  Response
hi
i suggest you to get evaluated for the same
both cardiac & pulmonary evaluation
ct chest is the best to rule out for the cause of pleural density.
please do not get into conclusions of lung cancer untill it is evaluated.
all the best
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Suggest Remedy For Chest Discomfort

hi i suggest you to get evaluated for the same both cardiac & pulmonary evaluation ct chest is the best to rule out for the cause of pleural density. please do not get into conclusions of lung cancer untill it is evaluated. all the best