What Does My Lab Test Report Indicate?

Posted on Mon, 8 Aug 2016

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Mon, 8 Aug 2016 Answered on

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Question : Diagnosed with "lumen showing multiple non shadowing echogenic foci" in gall bladder.

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Please post the report in full.

Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query, albeit short and specific.
Please post the full report as it is the impression of the Radiologist that I would like to see and there may be associated findings.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (6 minutes later)

does this indicate more towards stone or a polyp?

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (9 hours later)

Brief Answer:
As detailed below.

Detailed Answer:
It is the Radiologist's impression that is most important.
The gall bladder stones show echogenicity as well as the same by the polyps, but it is the stones which show shadowing also. Polyps/polypi do not show any shadowing at all.
Hence the report is most indicative of polypi.
This can be confirmed by limited section CT scan/ review high resolution or 3-D ultrasonography
Few more points are: mobility on changing the position of the patient while doing ultrasound- the stones can be XXXXXXX while the polyps are not or less XXXXXXX

I hope this answer helps you further.
Please feel free to ask for further relevant queries.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (22 minutes later)

How much chance is there of it being cancerous in nature? Does it present any such morphology here?

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (20 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
sizes not mentioned

Detailed Answer:
Since the sizes are not mentioned, it is not possible to predict.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar