lung biopsy

[sue]

Has anyone had spots on their lungs biopsied? If so how do they do this?

[rthornton]

I had a lung biopsy done just a few days ago. The procedure was a CT-guided needle biopsy. I was positioned face down on a CT scanner, and several images were taken of the lesion to be biopsied. Then I was given a sedation and a needle was inserted into my back, and inevitably into the lesion, and tissue extracted through the needle. Even with a minor complication, I was out of the hospital in a few hours and had minimal discomfort (wouldn't even call it pain!).

It was a pretty easy procedure, even though I didn't like the results of my biopsy .....

Feel free to PM me if you have any further questions.

Rodney

[sue]

Hi Rodney, Thank you for your explainabtion, and I am sorry about your results. Mine will probably be the same. What's next for you??

I had a lung biopsy done just a few days ago. The procedure was a CT-guided needle biopsy. I was positioned face down on a CT scanner, and several images were taken of the lesion to be biopsied. Then I was given a sedation and a needle was inserted into my back, and inevitably into the lesion, and tissue extracted through the needle. Even with a minor complication, I was out of the hospital in a few hours and had minimal discomfort (wouldn't even call it pain!).

It was a pretty easy procedure, even though I didn't like the results of my biopsy .....

Feel free to PM me if you have any further questions.

Rodney

[rthornton]

The next step happens tomorrow morning, when I meet with a thoracic surgeon. I think that I will have a thorascopy to remove what turned out to be a small malignant tumor. The other option (than a thorascopy) is an open procedure, but everyone that I know, who works in the medical field, tells me to go for the thorascopy.

You don't know the results until you get them, so maybe you will be fine. Good luck, anyway!

Rodney