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Is a Spiculated lung nodule always malignant?

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Hi Lisa @lls8000
I saw my surgeon yesterday and had the pathology result yesterday confirming it is not a lung cancer. I was releaved, I could not beleave it. As I mentioned before, it was a spiculated nodule of 12-13 mm, that lid up on the PET scan, with an SUVMax was 2.1. The report states that piste is suspecting to be a Pulmonary Nodular Lymphoid Hyperplasia, a rare desease that sometimes shows spiculated nodules on CT scan. Other piste is a marginal zone lymphoma ( MALT lymphoma) . It is now sent for a second opinion in a institite that is more spesialized in pathology for lymph. So, good news it is not a lung cancer, bad news is, still not out of the woods.

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@milana, thank you for sharing your update. You are in the midst of the ups and downs that many of us have faced. It's not easy, but these steps are necessary to find the best treatment.
There is a Mayo Connect group for blood disorders and cancers: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/blood-cancers-disorders/
And I did find a post related to MALT: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/recent-diagnosis-of-gastric-malt-non-hodgkins-lymphoma-and-am-requesti/
I hope you have more information soon.