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Q: Multiple Splenic Lesions
asked by: Jazzylee on July 15th, 2009
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I have had 2 CT scans in the last 3 months, both of which show that I have multiple splenic lesions of unknown origin. My hematologist has suggested that I do nothing for right now and do another repeat CT in 3 months. He did mention that they "do not look like an infection and are not indicative of cancer." But then he also called me an "enigma" and flat out admitted that he (and the 3 Radiologists that reviewed my scans) did not know what the lesions were. Should I go for a second opinion on reading my scans? Please help...3 more months is too long to wait without a diagnosis.
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kalright
replied on October 12th, 2009
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wow, sounds like i could have written this...same thing pretty much happened to me. I started having severe abdominal pain about a year ago. subsequent CT and MRI scans showed that I have several lesions on my spleen. I was sent to a hematologist to determine if it was lymphoma or a blod disorder, and a bone marrow biopsy came back normal. i've seen other doctors who think that splenic lesions along with some nodules at the bottom of my lungs and a slightly elevated ACE blodd level indicate sarcoidosis. all my other blood work always comes back normal and sarcoidosis doesn't explain my cronic abdominal pain. one of my doctors called me a riddle wrapped in an enigma. I went trough 9 months of tests and procedures to get that diagnosis, but I'm stil in pain. now my pcp thinks that the abdominal pain is irritable bowel, which has nothing to do with the spleen. hang in there, and if you're really scared about lymphoma of blood disorders ask for the bone marrow biopsy.
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