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MRI results & questions?
I had my yearly mammo as some here know. A 0.7 cm mass was found in my left breast consistent with lymph node. Then ultrasound was done and it found TWO 0.7 & 1.5 cm hypoechoic masses with central echogenicity consistent with lymph nodes. Then also at least TWO 1.8 cm nodes in left axilla. (So that's now *four* findings in my breast & axilla.)
Followed up with MRI. Could *someone* please help me with this...I tried looking it up on google but I am still having trouble with it. It says at 2 o'clock in the left breast there is a well-defined 5 mm mass, which is of high intensity on the T2 weighted STIR image also shows relatively low level enhancement , which has mixed plateau and in some areas washed out kinetics. This apperance is consistent with a lymph node and concordant with the stable appearance on mammography as well as the US apperance.
Also in the left axilla there are benign appearing up to 1.7 cm nodes, at least two. No suspicious mass or enhancement is seen in the left breast.
The thing in question to me is the line I highlighted. Since they are saying this is benign appearing...I googled that "mixed plateau and washed out kinetics and that LEANS more towards cancer. That mixed plateau and washed out did NOT sound good.
I am still sitting here with breast & axilla pain. I was hoping my surgeon would biospy these. Does anyone here understand enough about that highlighted sentence to let me know if that means cancer. Sounds like it when I looked it up? But *some* of it is so technical for me. (If its nothing to worry about..what else could be causing all these lymph nodes to be enlarged?
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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