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Mass that has a size of grapefruit
by Vivi08, Jul 08, 2008 04:28PM
Yesterday I did find out that I have a mass in my pelvic area that is really big. In the ultrasound they could not see my ovarie, today I did the cat scan and my question is: How accurate is the result of the cat scan? Is necessary to do a biopsy or the cat scan can tell if it's cancer or not? Thanks in advance.
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A CT scan is a kind of an Xray in simple terms. It will only show an abdominal mass, a CT guided biopsy will however be helpful in diagnosing if it is a benign tumor or a malignant one. Hope this helps!