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Stinking Sputum, Ct Scan Shows Mass In Right Lung. Is This Cancer?

My stutum taste like rotten flesh. When in for an pmamona ask the doctor to test my sputum for mersa as I ve had this before he would not went back to the er gave me a z pack this time and still refuse to test my sputum found a mass in my right lung thru cat scan. Send me to a pulmonologist who is on vacation this week. The er doctor thinks the mass is cancer . please help me
Tue, 21 Aug 2012
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First question is are you a smoker or tobacco user ? a mass in the CT Scan is highly suspicious of malignancy (Cancer) . You should see related expert and get your investigation done like routine blood count sputum for Gram stain and culture and sensitivity and Cytology study to know type of malignancy. You may be required to take a biopsy by bronchoscopy or needle biopsy by CT guided as the case may be. once type and stage is confirmed treatment would be planed accordingly.
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Stinking Sputum, Ct Scan Shows Mass In Right Lung. Is This Cancer?

First question is are you a smoker or tobacco user ? a mass in the CT Scan is highly suspicious of malignancy (Cancer) . You should see related expert and get your investigation done like routine blood count sputum for Gram stain and culture and sensitivity and Cytology study to know type of malignancy. You may be required to take a biopsy by bronchoscopy or needle biopsy by CT guided as the case may be. once type and stage is confirmed treatment would be planed accordingly.