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Respiratory Disorders (Expert Forum)
large mass on lung
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large mass on lung
by jyoak, Jul 05, 2007 12:00AM
My sister had a scat scan and they found a lrg mass on her lung.. she is not a smoker but she has had pnemonia (pneumonia) several times. Could this be lung cancer???
Doctor's Answer
by National Jewish, Jul 06, 2007 12:00AM
, Jul 06, 2007 12:00AM
A large mass could well be a tumor, and have contributed to pneumonia, but it may not necessarily be a malignant tumor. It could be a benign tumor that is pressing on a bronchial tube and making it hard to cough out mucus and, with mucus build-up, pneumonia could develop.
The first step should be to determine the nature of this mass. That could probably best be done with a bronchoscopy and biopsy. A bronchoscopy is a procedure that is done under local rather than general anesthesia to create conscious sedation, which is like a light sleep. During this procedure a bronchoscope is passed through your nose into your windpipe to look into your lungs. A bronchoscope is a flexible tube with a small camera at one end. With the bronchoscope tiny pieces of lung tissue can be taken for further testing. This is called lung biopsy.
The first step should be to determine the nature of this mass. That could probably best be done with a bronchoscopy and biopsy. A bronchoscopy is a procedure that is done under local rather than general anesthesia to create conscious sedation, which is like a light sleep. During this procedure a bronchoscope is passed through your nose into your windpipe to look into your lungs. A bronchoscope is a flexible tube with a small camera at one end. With the bronchoscope tiny pieces of lung tissue can be taken for further testing. This is called lung biopsy.
