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PET Scan Imaging Report terminology Help Needed! - helichrysum
Posted: Jul 17, 2010
I am going to paste the paragraph two words are located in that I'm having trouble with. I am hoping that someone who is familiar with radiology terminology can help me out on this. It sounds to me like the physician is saying: subcurrent and precurrent.
I've gone to every source I can think of, but no luck in confirming that this makes any sense.
Here's the paragraph:
IMAGING EVALUATION: PET CT scan done [___] reveals hypermetabolic adenopathy in the right paratracheal region precurrent and subcurrent on left hilum. There is additional hypermetabolic adenopathy anterior to the right psoas on the retroperitoneum. This study is suspicious for lymphoma. There are no lung nodules and no PET evidence of hypermetabolism in the liver, spleen, and visualized marrow.
Can anyone out there tell me if these two terms make sense in this section? "precurrent and subcurrent".
Thanks in advance!!
I would think it should be concurrent - dawn
[ In Reply To ..]PET-CT is two different modalities performed at the same time in the same session so I would think it would be described as concurrent
Don't do a lot of radiology, but could current = carinal? - Oracle n/m
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another train of thought... - dawn
[ In Reply To ..]Wondering if he's listing areas of the increased metabolic activity in a lymph chain since sugggestive of lymphoma, particularly since the paratracheal is RIGHT and then the LEFT hilum, that it would be more like "right paratracheal, _____,______ and on left hilum."
I think WE got it! - dawn
[ In Reply To ..]first blank is done concurrently and the next is "right parattracheal, precarinal, subcarinal and on the left hilum.
I don't know if that first blank is a blank. - Oracle
[ In Reply To ..]I thought it was just edited, so that it was PET CT scan done [date] or [at Timbuktu Radiology], as she didn't mention what she was hearing there. Of course, only he/she knows.
Other than that, the rest is probably right on.
THANK YOU DAWN! - Helichrysum
[ In Reply To ..]I really appreciate your help Dawn. I've listened over again, and that's exactly what she is saying. "precarinal, subcarinal." I'm just not familiar enough with these terms yet...
Thank you SOOOOO much!
You're welcome - Oracle n/m
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Thanks to Oracle for the carinal clue - dawn
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PET scan - Aspiring coder
[ In Reply To ..]Should you be cutting and pasting patient records like this? If it isn't an actual patient record, we should not be helping you with your exams/homework.
Where is the identifying information? - sm
[ In Reply To ..]It has been done numerous times here and is often the only way to actually figure out the question. Had she just posted "can you can precurrent in a PET scan", there would have been no answer.
It has always been that there could be no identifiable information. I don't know what the statistics are, but I'm guessing there are quite a few people that are diagnosed with lymphadenopathy via PET CT every day, and since we don't even have a date for this, there is NOTHING IDENTIFIABLE!!
No Personal Info Given - Helichrysum
[ In Reply To ..]Does anyone else see a problem with posting a paragraph with info only showing medical info...no personal info, dates or places were given. What is this forum for, if it's not for helping someone out?
I believe I saw a notice when I entered this forum, that if anyone begrudged anyone else help, they would be dismissed from this forum?
I think you're okay Heli. - sm
[ In Reply To ..]Had you put any less, people would have been jumping on you for not including enough information for us to possibly figure it out. There was nothing there to pinpoint a gender or even geographic location so there is no way to identify it.
And, yes, it does state clearly at the top that if one snipes at the people requesting help, you can be temporarily banned.
would have never got the answer without that info, many other here should give more - dawn
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