Why would lung surgery be done if biopsy tissue was benign?

Posted by collage @collage, Nov 11, 2022

Why would a surgeon conduct a surgical procedure to remove a nodule/portion of a lung (half of the lower left lobe) and 10 lymph nodes even though the initial biopsy conducted in the operating room indicated the tissue was benign? He performed the surgery anyway. He sent the tissue on to Mayo clinic for a second opinion which confirmed it was benign. This has been gnawing at me for almost a year as the surgery was conducted last December. Has anyone else had a similar experience?

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Shari | @shariscorner | Nov 12, 2022

I had nodules removed from my thyroid and told they were benign. Later that got reversed as one really did have cancer in it. So it does sometimes happen. I’m only posting this in hopes it gives you some comfort knowing test results can be changed.

chickytina | @chickytina | Nov 13, 2022

My situation is a bit different. I had a bilateral lung transplant within the first few months my new lungs grew (could be seen on a comparison of X-rays of the lungs). I mentioned this to a friend and she told me that her sister had a lobectomy and having it regrow. I googled this and found the following article interesting. https://consumer.healthday.com/cancer-information-5/lung-cancer-news-100/study-gives-first-evidence-that-adult-human-lungs-can-regrow-666800.html. I hope that this gives you hope.