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What Could Lung Nodules With A Spot Be?
my husbAND is 58, smokes 2 packs a day for more than 40 forty years, he went to hte hospital and they found a spot on his lung and nodules on his lung, he also has one kidney and has to forced to drink water, i cannot get him to go to his regular doctor, HE ALSO DRINKS SEVERAL POTS OF COOFEE A DAY, A CONCERNED WIFE OF ELEVEN YEARS, THANK YOU
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Hello,
Since your husband is chronic and heavy smoking, we should definitely rule out malignant lung nodule. So get done CT guided biopsy from nodule or bronchoscopy and TBLB (transbronchial lung biopsy) for the diagnosis. If it is negative for malignancy, then no need to worry. But if it is malignant, then he will need surgical removal of a lobe of the lung.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar
Since your husband is chronic and heavy smoking, we should definitely rule out malignant lung nodule. So get done CT guided biopsy from nodule or bronchoscopy and TBLB (transbronchial lung biopsy) for the diagnosis. If it is negative for malignancy, then no need to worry. But if it is malignant, then he will need surgical removal of a lobe of the lung.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar
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