cancer or carcinoma - how do you do it?

In a cancer report, the doctor gave a diagnosis of Stage IIIC T4aN2M0 cancer. Then she later said, He was staged as a pathological T4aN2a. She added the a and dropped the M0. I listened very carefully for the diagnosis and later in the problem list. She does not add the a after the N2 in either place. Does anyone know why it is N2a in one place but just N2 in the DX? ...

Gleason score 4 + 5 = 9 involving 35% of the specimen, 1 out of 1 cores contained cancer, linx of cancer was 0.35 cm. She says the linked or linx twice in the document. ?? ...

An additional segment of some enlarged 1s/l stand joint encountered, and these were also removed from the s/l field ...

I've got a muffle-mouth doctor who has the following sentence. Any help? Thanks much. She had undergone a total thyroidectomy for (fleet) to a carcinoma. ...

I am stuck on this, no hints, patient with history of "availing carcinoma." Help! ...

Dictation starts off as: DISCHARGE SUMMARY PROBLEM LIST 1. Metastatic ovarian cancer with ascites. 2. Gait disturbance. 3. Status-post thyroidectomy. 4. The fourth one is the one I can not understand. It is extremely jumbled and sounds like he is saying foyatoo carcinoma. I am so completely stumped. Any suggestions??? ...

The patient’s gauzes s/l removed/were moved Our attention was then returned to the axilla. The patient’s gauzes were moved. The axilla inspected and there was noted to be no bleeding. ...

Hi, I have a report here with vulvar cancer. He is doing a radical vulvectomy for what sounds like varicose carcinoma, but I can't find a reference to that anywhere, has anyone heard of that? Thanks! ...

I can't figure out the word that is flagged. It seems to start with a "p" and maybe "pr" and seems to end in -ular. Possibly 2 words ___ regular or 1 word ending in __gular? OPERATIVE FINDINGS (___regular) area measuring 1-2 cm in triangular fossa on lateral surface of superior right pinna. This was site of prior biopsy showing invasive squamous cell carcinoma. Thanks in advance! ...

Oncology doc - s/l "stepocarcinoma insitu" Help? Thanks in advance! Thanks-you were right, it is ductal! She has a weird way of saying it ...

It sounds familar, but stuck! Dr. says "revealed the presence of what appeared to be a non-small cell lung cancer, fragrans squamous cell." The word in question is "fragrans" ??? Any suggestions appreciated! ...

Thanks for any help! ...

in the diagnosis the doc says what sounds like myovilleal carcinoma involving the left upper lobe of the lung. Does anyone know what this is? His English is heavily Asian accented, so I'm not sure what consonants he's saying. Or vowels either for that matter! Any help greatly appreciated. ...

Five mL of s/l "luguy" were injected in a circumferential manner around the previous biopsy site. ...

not sure if it is "focus" Thanks ...

This is the sentence I am dealing with. I cannot figure out what CL would mean. I am leaning towards CA maybe. I am just not sure. Any ideas? This lymph node was then clipped and ligated and removed from the s/l CL. ...

CT-guided needle boiopsy was positive for non-small-cell carcinoma "with favored squame." I'm not real sure if he is saying "with" or maybe "of" or maybe not saying anything before he says the "favored squame" part. My guess is he's abbreviating squame for squamous but haven't been able to document this wording. thanks. ...

Usually very clear Indian doc is saying something that sounds just like "BIRD carcinoma, for which she underwent a mastectomy." What the heck? Any ideas? ...

Problem List 3. Status post throidectomy for s/l frot or fore throat carcinoma. ...

a small, raised lesion that actually appears to be a basal cell carcinoma. It is in the vermilion border. It is associated with some dimpling in the center and has the rather typical pearly appearance with two injected vessels.- does anyone have a guess as to what sounds like "two injected vessels might be.? This lesion is on her lip. ...

She's clearly saying two words. :) ...

I have no idea what he's saying. Status post thyroidectomy s/l "farfoid thor" carcinoma. There is a slight New York accent to his voice. Any help would be great! ...

Biopsy of this right breast mass showed invasive "diahesive" carcinoma, ER positive, PR positive, and HER-2/neu negative (1+). Doc says twice in document and sounds like Die a hesive both times. ...

diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in "slide two" of the right breast, and is getting ready to undergo a lumpectomy. Just wondering if this slide two is correct? Thanks, Abby ...

cancer or carcinoma - how do you do it?

leave as CA. - n/m

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