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Spiculated Lung Mass
My husband had an incidental finding of a 3.1 CM right middle lobe mass in Jan. Prior to that, we had the flu over Christmas and he had severe symptoms. He saw the pulmonologist after the finding who stated that she believed it was an infectious process from the flu. He just had a followup scan, which has been 3 months, and the mass is now 2.5 CM, but the report stated it was a slight reduction and this does not rule out neoplasm and needs a PET scan. He's very healthy and has never been a smoker with no symptoms of being sick. If this was cancerous, would it have even reduced in size and if it was an infectious process, would this not have cleared up by now? He follows up with the pulmonologist next week.
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hi @ashscott1012 - it's always worrying when an unexpected finding shows up on imaging. cancer generally gets bigger, not smaller. that said, sometimes there can be a difference in the way a radiologist measured the mass/nodule, or a difference from machine to machine. a PET scan would give additional information (the higher the uptake, the more likely it's malignant.) but the only way to know for sure what you're dealing with is a biopsy. It's good he's seeing the pulmonologist next week. I expect they will order the PET scan (as recommended by the radiologist) and based on that result, decide what the best next step would be. please let us know how the appointment goes.
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2 Reactions@mamajite Thank you! I will certainly update.
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2 ReactionsAshscott1012- I notice your title states “Spiculated” lung mass. Is that what the report said? Did it give any details of the mass like , Ground glass or ground glass part solid? Where is your husband being seen? Usually it is the Pulmonologist that does the recommendations after seeing the results of a CT, not the Radiologist. (At least that has been my experience at Mayo) Does the Pulmonologist seemed concerned or are they just watching? When my Pulmonologist read mine he straight up told me I’ve seen enough of these to tell you it’s Cancer. Mine grew from 8mm to 2cm, but it took 9 years.(Thank God). But it was always a partial ground glass/ partial solid spiculated nodule. That never changed in the description. I have read in these posts about people going through similar findings and then finding out it was infection or inflammation and not cancer. I hope the same is true to your husband. 🙏❤️. Please let us know and I will pray that he is clear and NO cancer!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏