Hello. I dont even know where to start, this is all so crazy. Please bear with me as I explain the story so you can get a better understanding of what i am dealing with.
My 25 year old son moved to Thailand last year. He has gotten food poisoning a couple of times since being there. But about 2 weeks ago he got very sick, very high fever and diarrhea for several days. He wasnt getting any better so he went to the hospital. They admitted him to run tests. They did an abdominal ct scan with contrast. It showed some wall thickening in his colon which is common with bad bacterial infections. But during this scan they came across a 3.9 x 2.5 cm lesion in his sigmoidcolon. The doctor said it could be a polyp or possibly cancer but he should go for a colonoscopy after he gets better. We kinda blew it off as being a polyp because hes so young and at the time were more concerned with finding out what was going on at that moment. He spent a week in the hospital and finally diagnosed him through stool cultures with salmonella b, a very bad antibiotic resistant strain. He was finally discharged and starting doing better.
A few days later the diarrhea started again and my son got nervous and went back to the hospital to follow up. The stomach doctor that treated him during his hospital stay was not there so he saw another one. This doctor was hardly concerned about his current condition and said he thinks he developed a form of IBS from the salmonella. He then proceeded to tell him that he has to get the colonoscopy asap and more often than not the lesion he has is cancer. Told my son he should come home and do the testing here where he has a support system. Anyway, he scared the living hell out of my son!! He has now booked a flight home an hes a complete wreck. he has an anxiety disorder so this was not very good for his mental state.
My question to anyone who might know, isnt it possible it was inflammation from the salmonella?? an abdominal ct scan doesnt seem to be the best way to diagnore colon cancer right? He is only 25 and never had any problems whatsever with his bowels so i am so confused and scared. Is there a possibility the Ct scan saw something other than cancer?
This is what the report said.
There is an irregular shaped enhancing lesion in the rectosigmoid colon measuring about 3.9 x 2.4 cm It locates at about 9 cm from the anal verge.
No serosal fat reticulation is seen.
The visualized small bowel loops are not remarkable.
Multiple enlargement lymph nodes with normal shapes are seen at right paracolic and mesenteric stations, suggestive of reactive process.
No ascites is detected. T
he included liver, gall bladder,kidneys, spleen, urinary bladder and prostate gland are unreamrkable.
Any opinions or advice would be so appreciated as I am a complete wreck over this!! Thanks so much!