ellen666
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My husband has smlc ext. He has mets to the bones.I was wondering if you could give a general explanation of the following terms:
1. What does diffuse osseous metastatic lesions mean. This is in the spine.
2. What is an enhancing lesion in respect to the liver?
3 .What are sclerotic lesions? In repect to a rib?
Thank you,
Ellen
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Reply # - March 4, 2013, 08:03 PM
Reply To: question on clarifying language
1) "Diffuse osseous metastatic lesions" just means widespread bone metastases.
2) Enhancing lesion in the liver usually suggests that there is a metastasis of the cancer in the liver.
3) Sclerotic just refers to a "hardening" reaction of a bone lesion. It basically just describes the appearance of a bone lesion there, but the term doesn't have particularly significant clinical relevant beyond just noting that there is a bone lesion there.
Good luck.
-Dr. West