Q: Lyme Diseases, infectious process, pneumothorax, lung cancer
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hologicbob
on August 6th, 2007
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My wife, who is a 32 year old smoker, was ill with a month long fever (102 degrees) and cough. Other that that is is a healthy person. Through blood tests she was shown to have Lyme Diseases. After a chest CT it was discovered that she had a 1.5 cm nodule in the lower right lobe. It was round in appearance and was described in the first reading as a possible infectious process. During a second read it was described as being very dense suggesting possible other etiology. An unsuccessful biopsy was performed resulting in nothing other then a pneumothorax.
Since then she has had a PETCT one month after the originalCT which showed minimal uptake in the primary RLL nodule, but identified 2 or 3 other smaller nodules and granuloma's in the right upper lobe.
The thoracic surgeon has recommended a VATS to excise the nodule for biopsy. She has already diagnosis herself with cancer and is scared to death about having the VATS.
I am looking for some information about what she might be going through and if the primary nodule could be related to the respiratory process she was going through prior to having these studies
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