Could a cyst be mets to my liver??

[swimangel72]

Hi everyone - I really need to pick your brains! I'm worried that a liver cyst could be BC mets, yikes!

I had a cat scan done on June 6 to rule out an abdominal hernia following my Diep surgery back in March. No hernia, thank God and now I finally got a copy of the report. Neither my primary doctor nor my plastic surgeon told me that my liver showed a "1.5 cm hypodensity in the right lobe of the liver measuring 15 Hounsfield units likely representing a cyst". I'll be sending a copy of this report to my new oncologist - (funny that my primary never suggested that I give him a copy.) So often I feel like I'm falling-through-the-cracks with my doctors and I really have to constantly advocate for myself!

So of couse now I'm worried about mets............I've haven't had any tumor markers done yet but I have had symptoms of liver problems prior to my dx........especially a pain under my right rib cage that the doctors attributed to a gallstone. But when I researched online about liver cysts, it says they can cause pain, but most liver cysts are benign unless another underlying disease is present (like breast cancer??)

My question to you ladies is should I be worried about mets to my liver already? What tests should my onc perform to rule out mets? Has anyone else had a liver cyst show up on a cat scan which turned out to be nothing? I'm feeling quite anxious now AND upset that my doctors didn't mention ANYTHING to me about this.........what do they think, that I'm NOT going to get a copy of my reports - that I'm NOT going to ask questions?? Or are they so narrowly focused on one thing and one thing only (abdominal hernia) that they don't carefully read the report? The least they both should have done is mentioned the liver thing to me and reassured me it's nothing to worry about.

So here I am, nearly a month later, trying hard not to worry - trying hard to put on a normal happy face for the family - with no one to talk to about my fears except you dear ladies. Thank you all for your helpful advice!