“I had a CT scan and I need an answer asap”
I had a CT ABDOMEN AND PELVIS WITH IV CONTRAST. My doctor ordered the test because we found a lump in right upper quadrant and i have abdominal pain.
Findings:
LIVER: Subcentimeter hypodensity right hepatic lobe, too small to characterize. No intrahepatic biliary dilatation. Portal veins are patent.
LYMPH NODES: Nonspecific enlarged gastrohepatic lymph node measuring 1.6 cm
IMPRESSION:
No CT evidence of mass in the right upper quadrant
To my understanding I thought if they found a lump, cyst or whatever that means it's a mass. Am I wrong? Can someone dumb it down for me and explain this?
Findings:
LIVER: Subcentimeter hypodensity right hepatic lobe, too small to characterize. No intrahepatic biliary dilatation. Portal veins are patent.
LYMPH NODES: Nonspecific enlarged gastrohepatic lymph node measuring 1.6 cm
IMPRESSION:
No CT evidence of mass in the right upper quadrant
To my understanding I thought if they found a lump, cyst or whatever that means it's a mass. Am I wrong? Can someone dumb it down for me and explain this?
27 years old
2 Answers
GeneralPractitionerCATScans
Sounds like you need a biopsy of the cyst/mass to confirm any pathology, and blood work for markers of abdominal malignancies, unfortunately sometimes if the finding is small f/u in 3-6 months is warranted but that is up to them md or the interventional radiologist that will probably do the biopsy. best of luck
The CT scan description is as close to normal as it can be. There are always one or two things that the radiolgists describe that diverge from the perfectly normal, as no two individuals are the same. The description does not include anything you shouild worry about.
