radiantquest
Ideal_Rock
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he went to the doctor today who was a general surgeon to schedule a biopsy. when he got there the doctor said that since it is possibly cancer he wants to refer him to an oncologist. Dr. Albert Aboulafia. he is at the sinai hospital. for those of you in the NE United States you have probably heard of Sinai hospital. i hear that it is a pretty good hospital. so anyway we are trying to get an appt with him. rosalyn the receptionist is supposed to call tomorrow with an appt. i am so frustrated that we are playing this waiting and bill paying game with the medical field. if this is cancer we are waiting months for answers that we need now. at any rate this is where we are now. below i am going to copy the results of his MRI that we just recieved today. these are the doctors notes.
Within the lateral head of the triceps muscle and distal lateral deltoid muscle, an infiltrative area of abnormal signal with marked enhancement which could represent mass or other etiology; however, malignancy must be excluded and, therefore, a tissue diagnosis is recommedned. This may be a vascular lesion, as there are punctate foci of decreased signal intensity within it, and there is a marked enhancement after the administration of contrast. This does not have the appearance of a cyst or lipoma. A hemangioma would be less likely as well, though it cannot be entirely excluded versus other vascular lesion. Again, sarcoma cannot be excluded. A myositis or inflammatory etiology are other possiblities, less likely, however.
to me this means that they are not sure, but think there is a chance that it is cancer (sarcoma) and would like to rule this out. they also think it could be a vascular lesion. i have done a little research on "vascular lesion" and my results dont tell me much. is there anyone on the forum that can explain it? sarcoma does not sound like a favorable diagnosis from what i have seen. as far as cancers go i hear this one is pretty aggressive. the doctor told him that if it is cancer they may have to remove a consideral portion of the muscle in his arm leaving him somewhat disabled. husband is very unhappy to hear this. i guess we both (husband and i) are preparing for the worst so that it doesnt surprise us. i know that we should be optimistic but we would both rather be prepared in the event that diagnosis is unfavorable and be surprised by a better outcome.
thoughts?
sorry about the typo in the title, i cant edit it.
Within the lateral head of the triceps muscle and distal lateral deltoid muscle, an infiltrative area of abnormal signal with marked enhancement which could represent mass or other etiology; however, malignancy must be excluded and, therefore, a tissue diagnosis is recommedned. This may be a vascular lesion, as there are punctate foci of decreased signal intensity within it, and there is a marked enhancement after the administration of contrast. This does not have the appearance of a cyst or lipoma. A hemangioma would be less likely as well, though it cannot be entirely excluded versus other vascular lesion. Again, sarcoma cannot be excluded. A myositis or inflammatory etiology are other possiblities, less likely, however.
to me this means that they are not sure, but think there is a chance that it is cancer (sarcoma) and would like to rule this out. they also think it could be a vascular lesion. i have done a little research on "vascular lesion" and my results dont tell me much. is there anyone on the forum that can explain it? sarcoma does not sound like a favorable diagnosis from what i have seen. as far as cancers go i hear this one is pretty aggressive. the doctor told him that if it is cancer they may have to remove a consideral portion of the muscle in his arm leaving him somewhat disabled. husband is very unhappy to hear this. i guess we both (husband and i) are preparing for the worst so that it doesnt surprise us. i know that we should be optimistic but we would both rather be prepared in the event that diagnosis is unfavorable and be surprised by a better outcome.
thoughts?
sorry about the typo in the title, i cant edit it.