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If a met grows very close to the chest wall it is likely to cause pain.

On the first picture you can count 19 mets. The two following scans are examples of multiple lung mets. It has been stable and unchanged for more than 18 months in the same patient as before, but started to decrease without any conventional treatment.Ī very slow shrinkage can be seen and the dark areas get bigger: A small hiding nodule with low brightness: ACC nodules / metastases with a greyish, non-solid, low alighted or shady appearance: A typical round shaped nodule, bright light: Common appearances of lung metastases/lesions/nodules (Examples) The examples on this website might enable you to check your lung scans on your own and understand better the context for your physician’s comments.Ģ. The pictures of lung metastasis shall only give you an impression and overview of what you might see on your own CT scan pictures of the lung. In many cases the interpretation has not been validated by a biopsy or by a surgery. NOTE: The comments and interpretations of what is shown on the pictures is what the patients were told by their radiologists. It takes some time to see clearly, but just be patient. A very fine greyish outline is the border between two lobes. You are also able to see the different lobes. Make sure that there is no equivalent blood vessel leading to it. Metastases commonly 'pop up' when you scroll up and down. If it is a blood vessel, it will have a connection to the next picture level and fade out slowly in a blood vessel that appears as a branch. To see the difference between a blood vessel and a nodule you must scroll the pictures in the viewer frequently up and down many times.

The clear white stripes, branches and spots are blood vessels. The right side of the lung is on the left side on the picture.

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If your CD given by your radiologist with the CT pictures does not include a tool to watch them, a good choice is a freeware called UNIVIEWER that can be downloaded here: If you need to know how to use UNIVIEWER send us an email and ask for assistance.Ī CT scan makes mirror images. 'Spready' lesions have a tendency to be stable, inactive or slowly growing. Shady lesions seem to be stable or slow growing (low malignancy). It seems that the brighter the nodule 'shines' the more round it grows (probably high malignancy). The white colour indicates a higher uptake of the tracer/ contrast agent. ACC metastases are commonly random spread over the lobes of the lung.Ī brightly lightened nodule seems to be faster growing than a greyish nodule. ACC has a tendency to spread to the lungs among other organs. They show the different appearances of ACC lung mets. Most pictures are taken from a CT scan where a contrast agent was used. The following pictures show different lung scans from various ACC patients with lung metastases (focal rounded pulmonary opacities also called 'nodules' or 'lesions'). Collapsed right lung and treatment result.Scans with and without a tracer / contrast agent.RFA (Radiofrequency Ablation) Treatment.Common appearances of lung metastases/lesions/nodules (Examples)Ĥ.1.

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