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Diagonised With Metastesis Cancer Through Upper Abdomen & Fractured 11th Left Rib

Hi, my wife is a nurse and she was at work. She bent down to get a food tray in a lower compartment and when she stood up she Herat a pop and pain in her back left side. She went to emergency and did an X-ray and found nothing. Four days later on a ct scan they found a retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy in the aortocaval region. 16days later they did another ct scan and found metastesis cancer through her upper abdomen and a fractured eleventh left rib. Was the rib the triggering mechanism?
Thu, 5 Jun 2014
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Since CT scan is showing metastasis cancer in upper abdomen the site of primary cancer needs to be found out.
I would recommend your wife does a whole body PET CT and a biopsy test along with immunohistochemistry test to find out the primary site of cancer.
She is in stage 4 of cancer and now aim of treatment is palliation and improving quality of life.
Regards
Dr DE
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Diagonised With Metastesis Cancer Through Upper Abdomen & Fractured 11th Left Rib

Since CT scan is showing metastasis cancer in upper abdomen the site of primary cancer needs to be found out. I would recommend your wife does a whole body PET CT and a biopsy test along with immunohistochemistry test to find out the primary site of cancer. She is in stage 4 of cancer and now aim of treatment is palliation and improving quality of life. Regards Dr DE