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What to do? Lung nodules with End Stage Cirrhosis
Transplants | Last Active: Jul 23, 2023 | Replies (13)Comment receiving replies
Have had cirrhosis for 6 years Meld 8. Lung nodule discovered 1 year ago. The last scan showed it tripled in size. Had PET it is now 1.8 cm with no lymph node involvement showing anywhere. They are suggesting 8 to 10 wk scan and biopsy. I am not comfortable waiting that long so I set appt. with Dr in Tampa that my hep there referred. Anyone have this scenerio?
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Good morning Jeanne- What relief you must feel that there isn't any node involvement. An 8-10 wk follow-up is very quick for a CT scan but then your lesion grew quite fast too. Do you have a description of the lesion? If any part of it is solid, I agree that I would also seek another opinion to see if I could get action sooner. If the CT showed pure ground glass that could be another story for the wait.
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@jeanne5009, thanks for the added information and results of the recent PET scan. I know it can be confusing sometimes to navigate the website. I hope you don't that I moved your message to the previous post you made to keep your story in one place here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/lung-nodules-and-transplant-ststus/
Did you see @merpreb's response to you? Click the link to see her response.
That's good news that there is no lymph node involvement. I'm glad you have possible options to be seen sooner for a biopsy.