What does hepatic metastatic disease suggest?
Patient: After a CT Scan of chest and abdomen- several masses were found in my Mother s lungs as large as 5.5 x4.6 x 6.6 as well as in the liver. The report read wide spread hepatic metastic disease. A liver biopsy was done 3 samples were taken and the results were inconclusive. Now a biopsy of the lungs is scheduled. I was told the biopsy of the liver would tell me everything I needed to know. It was never explained to us that there was a possibility of it being inconclusive. The Dr. that delivered the results was the partner of my mother s regular pulmonologist. We have no rapport with him and he has no bed side manner, didn t answer any questions or even make eye contact with us when he spoke. We will now have to wait until Tuesday for her regular Dr. to return to have theses answers. Can you shed any light on this? Doctor: Good morning I am sorry to hear about her ill health Masses in the lung and liver and due to cancer in almost all cases and I regret to say that I seriously suspect this in your mother For this to be treated, we need to confirm it by doing a biopsy from the mass lesion either from the liver or lung or sometimes from both organs. After we confirm that this is cancer, then its very important to note the origin of this cancer because choice of medicines varyThe common sites of origin are lung, breast, stomach and colon. So the final answer is from the pathology lab for an cancer diagnosis and in this process, unfortunately some patients need to undergo multiple biopsy proceduresHope this would answer your questionWish her a speedy recovery