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Hi What Does A Small Lowvattrnuation Nodule Present In The
Question: Hi what does a small lowvattrnuation nodule present in the liver mean
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Whenever a foreign particle enters into any organ of our body the defense cells get activated and secrete small granules around it. In easy language, this act helps to isolate that foreign body and granules protect it from further invading the liver.
Basically, granulation tissue is a foreign mass surrounded by granules secreted by the security system of the body. On imaging, it appears as a nodule.
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Whenever a foreign particle enters into any organ of our body the defense cells get activated and secrete small granules around it. In easy language, this act helps to isolate that foreign body and granules protect it from further invading the liver.
Basically, granulation tissue is a foreign mass surrounded by granules secreted by the security system of the body. On imaging, it appears as a nodule.
Hope I was helpful and easy to understand,
Follow-ups are welcome.
Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Arnab Banerjee
Hi I had an abdominal ct recently and an incidental finding was a small hypo attenuated nodule on my liver. Due to my family history of cancer I became concerned. I am a 39 yr old otherwise healthy female. When I did my research I found two possibilities that became likely, a hemangioma or focal nodular hyperplasia. Both benign. However Could this nodule be cancerous given the descriptive terms on CT report?
Brief Answer:
CT is just a baseline test.
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Hello and thanks for follow up,
I am sorry but a CT can't differenciate between benign or malignant.
Don't think about what google says,
"small hypo attenuated nodule"-just means a group of densely packed cells(more then usual) which appears like nodule.
Ranging from Hemangioma to malignant cancer it can be any thing(even if there is 1% chance of it being malignant) no patient would take the risk.
CT was just a basic investigation.Consult your doctor in person and Get aMRI or FNAC(preferably) done in which a small tissue sample would be studied under microscope to find the exact nature of lesion.
Hope i was helpful,
Don't google too much its usually waste,
Get the test done to rule out any future possibility as nodule is still small.
Thanks you!
CT is just a baseline test.
Detailed Answer:
Hello and thanks for follow up,
I am sorry but a CT can't differenciate between benign or malignant.
Don't think about what google says,
"small hypo attenuated nodule"-just means a group of densely packed cells(more then usual) which appears like nodule.
Ranging from Hemangioma to malignant cancer it can be any thing(even if there is 1% chance of it being malignant) no patient would take the risk.
CT was just a basic investigation.Consult your doctor in person and Get aMRI or FNAC(preferably) done in which a small tissue sample would be studied under microscope to find the exact nature of lesion.
Hope i was helpful,
Don't google too much its usually waste,
Get the test done to rule out any future possibility as nodule is still small.
Thanks you!
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Dr. Kampana
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