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@pwegCancer shows up differently than MAC ( suspected or otherwise) and will light up on a PET scan. I’m sorry you went through that. Irene5

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pweg | @pweg | Jan 26 6:51am

@irene5 - thank you. it did light up on the PET and looked just like a malignant tumor. It was large and spiculated. It was a necrotic nodule of MAI infection and I’m actually glad I had it removed. The robotic surgery was an easy recovery and they believe they got the bulk of infection and that I will be able to manage it now with nebulizer and ACT. 😊

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Rick | @rstel7272 | Jan 27 9:32am

By the time I got my PET, the nodule in question dramatically shrunk in size (over 3 weeks) but the lymph nodes showed an uptake. Months later I had a SuperDimension bronchoscopy that confirmed it was aspergillus. I guess you never know what these test will show?

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