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What Causes Hard Mass Eating Through The Jaw And Spreading?

my husband has a hard mass in the jaw he is going for a biopsy this monday took a cat scan today showed the mass and no jaw bone of were it is as it has attached itself to the bone and ate its way through and is now spreading what could it be we are very scared
Mon, 11 Aug 2014
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Hello,
The biopsy will disclose the pathology and give you a diagnosis. You will have to meet with your surgeon to discuss options. Evidence of bone loss indicates a lesion such as a tumor or cyst. Usually a surgical removal will be required with additional treatment dependent on the pathology. It can be benign or malignant.
You have taken the correct steps. Try to relax and wait for the reports. I do not have enough information to make a reasonable diagnosis.
Thank you for your inquiry. I am sorry that you have to wait for more information on this condition and know it is difficult to know of a problem and not have an immediate dianosis with a plan for treatment.
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What Causes Hard Mass Eating Through The Jaw And Spreading?

Hello, The biopsy will disclose the pathology and give you a diagnosis. You will have to meet with your surgeon to discuss options. Evidence of bone loss indicates a lesion such as a tumor or cyst. Usually a surgical removal will be required with additional treatment dependent on the pathology. It can be benign or malignant. You have taken the correct steps. Try to relax and wait for the reports. I do not have enough information to make a reasonable diagnosis. Thank you for your inquiry. I am sorry that you have to wait for more information on this condition and know it is difficult to know of a problem and not have an immediate dianosis with a plan for treatment.