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Is Taking Of X-ray Of Clavicle Related To Partial Nephrectomy?
my husband had a partial nephrectomy due to cancer in nov 2010, he went for his usual every 3 month check up, the last one he went everything was supposedly normal, now he just got a call the other day to go and get an xray of his clavicle right away, why is that?
Mon, 25 Jul 2016
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I presume he has had a CT scan of the chest and abdomen for follow up of the kidney after partial nephrectomy for renal cancer. Occasionally we do find unrelated lesions on CT scan in various parts of the body covered by CT scan and for confirmation or further evaluation we do ask for plain xrays.
Hence please wait for the doctors appointment to discuss about it further.
I presume he has had a CT scan of the chest and abdomen for follow up of the kidney after partial nephrectomy for renal cancer. Occasionally we do find unrelated lesions on CT scan in various parts of the body covered by CT scan and for confirmation or further evaluation we do ask for plain xrays.
Hence please wait for the doctors appointment to discuss about it further.
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