Patchy hazy opacity w nearby sub-cm ggo on ct rll - 1267809

zara07
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Hi

I wrote before asking if this might be breast ca met, and was reassured likely not. How about ais?
Because- 4 mo h/o exercise intolerance, chest pain while exercising- not angina, weird intermittent wildly fluctuating daily fever for 7 wks, fatigue, all labs wnl leaving my excellent internist mystified. Haven't felt sick until my daughter came home w flu... . Panting making the bed sometimes, and I'm a regular exercise nut... No cough.
Infiltrate found on
Chest ct as part of fuo work-up. Failed 2 courses antibiotics. Two wks ago, got really sick w flu then bronchitis from my daughter in spite of prophylactic tamiflu and flu vaccine. Not like me- I rarely get sick. Except for cancer (breast, endometrial and sml gist). uncle ( non-smoker) died if lung ca at 40 y/o.

Repeat ct this wk, then pulm consult and I'm told to expect bronchoscopy/biopsy as next step.

So, it's an atypical presentation of something but how can labs be consistently wnl if it's inflammatory?

I won't disagree that I might sound a little crazy, but having survived mult bouts of cancer, this run-up to diagnosis feels creepily similar to other times I got the ca dx...

Thanks

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Dr West
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It sounds as if a biopsy would really be helpful here. You and I and everyone could speculate forever about what it might be. There is very little reason to think this is adenocarcinoma in situ, but a biopsy would be the way to answer the question definitively.

Good luck.

-Dr. West

catdander
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I want to reassure you that no one here thinks you sound even vaguely unrealistic for your worries. Even if no one online can help with a dx we are here help answer questions about cancer. And if the dx is cancer (which all hopes point to not cancer) we are an excellent online site to use to help you work with your local team.

Please keep us posted on outcomes.
All best,
Janine

zara07
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thanks, Janine.
Appreciate your words of reassurance. It's hard not to go to worst case scenarios w a h/o mult carcinomas.