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What Does A Lump In Chest Indicate?
Question: my friend, male, 65, is on dialysis. Now, 4 months after start he found a lump on his chest, next to his nipple. He went for an hour and a half test yesterday and a 3 hour test tomorrow and then radiologist will give results. what is going on. what r they looking for?
Brief Answer:
Most probably searching for the spread of the disease.
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query about your friend.
A male of 65 years undergoing dialysis has a lump on his chest next to the nipple for 4 months.
They are obviously looking for whether this is a cancer or not and may be searching for metastases if they are suspecting one.
Your mentioning the tests that your friend is undergoing would have helped me to help you more.
The easiest test of FNAC, fine needle aspiration cytology is many times diagnostic,; if this does not help an excision biopsy would help one to get a confirmed diagnosis.
I hope this answer helps you to get a proper diagnosis, and get a proper further treatment. Please feel free to ask for more or if you need further clarifications if you feel there is a gap of communication. Please give the feedback.
Most probably searching for the spread of the disease.
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query about your friend.
A male of 65 years undergoing dialysis has a lump on his chest next to the nipple for 4 months.
They are obviously looking for whether this is a cancer or not and may be searching for metastases if they are suspecting one.
Your mentioning the tests that your friend is undergoing would have helped me to help you more.
The easiest test of FNAC, fine needle aspiration cytology is many times diagnostic,; if this does not help an excision biopsy would help one to get a confirmed diagnosis.
I hope this answer helps you to get a proper diagnosis, and get a proper further treatment. Please feel free to ask for more or if you need further clarifications if you feel there is a gap of communication. Please give the feedback.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
is this lump related to kidney disease. do dialysis patients sometimes have this. or is it separate
Brief Answer:
Abscess does not take so much time for evaluation.
Detailed Answer:
Kidney diseases usually do not cause any lumps anywhere in the body and particularly in the chest area except in rare instances of an abscess development.
Abscesses can develop without kidney diseases and do not need so much evaluation taking so much time for the radiologist to undergo hours of test.
You history of ''He went for an hour and a half test yesterday and a 3 hour test tomorrow and then radiologist will give results.'' increases the suspicion tht they may be evaluating him for something serious.
Abscess does not take so much time for evaluation.
Detailed Answer:
Kidney diseases usually do not cause any lumps anywhere in the body and particularly in the chest area except in rare instances of an abscess development.
Abscesses can develop without kidney diseases and do not need so much evaluation taking so much time for the radiologist to undergo hours of test.
You history of ''He went for an hour and a half test yesterday and a 3 hour test tomorrow and then radiologist will give results.'' increases the suspicion tht they may be evaluating him for something serious.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
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