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What Does The Following X-ray Report Suggest?
HI, my 89 year old father had an Xray recently that showed, incidentally, a superior mediastinal lesion leftward with displacement of the trachea from left to right which might be a substernal thyroid or other.... He s had difficulty recently swallowing but has found workarounds. OK to wait and see?
Wed, 19 Apr 2017
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Dr. HASAN MUTLU,
General & Family Physician's Response
General & Family Physician's Response
Hi;
Your father must be immediately evaluated with cervical+thoracic CT along with physical examination (for lymphomegaly, asymmetry, Ortner syndrome etc.) and complete blood count+acute phase reactans (CRP, sedimentation, fibrinogen etc.); because mediastinal masses causing tracheal deviation may be malignant. An appointment with thoracic surgeon must be made with haste for differentiating diagnosis.
May you recover soon
Your father must be immediately evaluated with cervical+thoracic CT along with physical examination (for lymphomegaly, asymmetry, Ortner syndrome etc.) and complete blood count+acute phase reactans (CRP, sedimentation, fibrinogen etc.); because mediastinal masses causing tracheal deviation may be malignant. An appointment with thoracic surgeon must be made with haste for differentiating diagnosis.
May you recover soon
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