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Question about x rays.
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| stryped@hotmail.com 2005-05-05, 5:58 pm |
| Can abdominal x rays see an enlarged abdominal lympth node? Just a
regular x ray with no contrast?
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| Robert 2005-05-05, 5:58 pm |
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<stryped@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Can abdominal x rays see an enlarged abdominal lympth node? Just a
> regular x ray with no contrast?
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I am sorry to inform you that no amount of information you provide here or
questions you present here can be fully answered.
You need to let things work out completely in terms of diagnostic workup. If
you are not happy with the final diagnosis then by all means get a second or
even a third opinion. I would caution that even if it comes out benign or
reactive, a wrong diagnosis can be made for a variety of reasons.
Unfortunately variables exist that sometimes with time they become more
evident.
A doctor can review your chart and add additional tests if necessary to
concur with a diagnosis.
Short of that one is only guessing.
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| TwitteringOne 2005-05-05, 5:58 pm |
| "Short of that one is only guessing."
Not nearly as fine a reality.
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| stryped@hotmail.com 2005-05-05, 5:58 pm |
| I was just wondering because I had several abdominal x rays last year
as part of a transit study for constipation and bloating. I was
wonderign if I had abdominal lymphoma that far back if it would have
shown up in the x rays.
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| Twittering One 2005-05-05, 5:58 pm |
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stry...@hotmail.com wrote:
> I was just wondering because I had several abdominal x rays last year
> as part of a transit study for constipation and bloating. I was
> wonderign if I had abdominal lymphoma that far back if it would have
> shown up in the x rays.
Good question.
I don't know the answer.
But if so, that's grounds for a lawsuit.
A friend of mine one a case such as that.
But I just hope you don't have lymphoma,
or anything bad.
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| richard.epstein@alum.mit.edu 2005-05-05, 5:58 pm |
| It would be very unlikely to detect enlarged abdominal lymph nodes on a
routine abdominal x-ray.
They would have to be massive to even have a chance of detecting them.
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| Sbharris[atsign]ix.netcom.com 2005-05-05, 5:58 pm |
| Can abdominal x rays see an enlarged abdominal lympth node? Just a
regular x ray with no contrast?
COMMENT:
No. Thoracic nodes sometimes (due to air contrast from the lungs).
Below the diaphragm, not a chance.
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| stryped@hotmail.com 2005-05-05, 10:56 pm |
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Sbharris[atsign]ix.netcom.com wrote:
> Can abdominal x rays see an enlarged abdominal lympth node? Just a
> regular x ray with no contrast?
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> COMMENT:
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> No. Thoracic nodes sometimes (due to air contrast from the lungs).
> Below the diaphragm, not a chance.
Would a colonoscopy?
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| Howard McCollister 2005-05-05, 10:56 pm |
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<stryped@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Sbharris[atsign]ix.netcom.com wrote:
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> Would a colonoscopy?
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No, even less of a chance.
HMc
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| stryped@hotmail.com 2005-05-06, 9:18 am |
| How long does it take for a lymohoma to develop? I had a ct scan of the
abdomen about 6 years ago. Just curious.
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| Howard McCollister 2005-05-06, 9:18 am |
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<stryped@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> How long does it take for a lymohoma to develop? I had a ct scan of the
> abdomen about 6 years ago. Just curious.
Much less than 6 years. You could have had a normal CT scan 6 months ago and
still have a very advanced lymphoma now.
HMc
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| stryped@hotmail.com 2005-05-06, 12:00 pm |
| So it starts and grows rather quickly?
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| Howard McCollister 2005-05-06, 12:00 pm |
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<stryped@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> So it starts and grows rather quickly?
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Typically, yes.
HMc
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| stryped@hotmail.com 2005-05-06, 5:57 pm |
| Would someone that had a grandfather die of polycythemia be more prone
to lymphoma? I know polycythimia is not cancer per sea but I thought
somehow it was similar to leukemia, which I thought was related to
lymphoma?
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| stryped@hotmail.com 2005-05-06, 5:57 pm |
| Just thought of something, would barium enema show enlarged lympth
nodes?
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| OmManiPadmeOmelet 2005-05-06, 5:57 pm |
| In article <1115400989.759904.24950@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
stryped@hotmail.com wrote:
> Just thought of something, would barium enema show enlarged lympth
> nodes?
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No.
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Om.
"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-XXXXX." -Jack Nicholson
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