heiders33 wrote:... My plan is to do bloodwork every three months with my oncologist and to scan every six months for the next two years...If bloodwork is ever abnormal then I will get a scan sooner than six months.
heiders33 wrote:..If anyone else has experience with benign liver spots, please let me know.
heiders33 wrote:My scan came back all clear, except there is one teeny 1 cm spot on my liver that they want to check. Both the radiologist and oncologist don't think it looks suspicious, but I have to get an MRI to confirm. My bloodwork has been normal so they don't think it's malignant. But they want me to do the MRI to be absolutely sure. Hopefully that will be scheduled soon. Of course I was hoping for a complete "NED" response, but I realize that's not always the reality. So I'm a little on edge until this MRI is done. And I know that even if it is a met there are things that can be done. I just want to be able to ignore this for a while until the next scan! If anyone else has experience with benign liver spots, please let me know.
heiders33 wrote:My scan came back all clear, except there is one teeny 1 cm spot on my liver that they want to check. Both the radiologist and oncologist don't think it looks suspicious, but I have to get an MRI to confirm...
CT Misinterpretations
Because a CT scan is so detailed, it can sometimes alert doctors to minor abnormalities in the body that don’t have symptoms related to them and that in the normal course of life would not have caused the patient any problems. However, doctors may feel the obligation to divulge this information to patients, which can cause anxiety and possibly unnecessary follow-up tests or treatments.
Reference: https://healthfully.com/advantages-disadvantages-ct-scans-6456817.html
CT artifacts
Artifacts are commonly encountered in clinical computed tomography (CT), and may obscure or simulate pathology. There are many different types of CT artifacts, including noise, beam hardening, scatter, pseudoenhancement, motion, cone beam, helical, ring, and metal artifacts.
Reference: Boas FE and Fleischmann D (2012). "Computed tomography artifacts: Causes and reduction techniques." Imaging in Medicine. 4(2): 229-40..
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