Retroperitoneal Lymphoma

Results:
8 cm mass retroperitoneal tumor, and retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy near-relative masses of lymphoma or other tumors metastatic lymphadenopathy weights cancer.
Possible hepatic carcinoma metastases.

Let me first define some terms.

Retroperitoneal - meaning behind your peritoneal cavity. It's the same space that your kidneys are in. It is your middle and lower back.

Cancer - tumor

adjacent - next to

lymphadenopathy - abnormal enlargement of lymph nodes

Cancer carcinoma - (not benign)

metastatic cancer - which has spread

lymphoma - a cancer of the lymph nodes


Total translation
Doctors found a tumor 8cm lump / mass located in the lower back of the patient. Besides that, there are the lymph nodes. (Lymph nodes are like garbage in your body. They take all the bad things and try to remove it) Lymph nodes are related, because they might be cancerous or lymph nodes or other type of cancer that s' has spread to lymph nodes. Doctors believe it could be a cancer that began in the liver and spread of these other areas.

I urge the patient to see an oncologist IMMEDIATELY. Cancer that has spread to lymph nodes is dangerous because it can continue to spread to other parts of the body. Lymph nodes are scavengers so they just take the form of cancer in their movement and dumping them on other bodies in error. (Metastasis) If it's just a little the lymph nodes, they may be able to withdraw and stop the risk of spread. They will then attack the other elements remaining cancer with surgery, chemotherapy and radiation.

I hope that this patient the best.

not good news, you need to talk to your doctor and perhaps a counselor about this devastating and very serious dx. I am sorry to tell you.

Yes. Carcinoma is cancer. You need to talk to the doctor to get a better understanding of what this means in simple terms.

Hello - You are right to be worried. It seems to me (I'm not a doctor) as a mass / blob on the liver cancer that spreads. Go to a doctor - fast - and I tell you.

All these answers are correct, and Romy is quite correct. However, you do not know if you have had a biopsy. The only way to definitively diagnose cancer is to have a biopsy. I invite you to go to a renowned oncologist. I also invite you to visit a cancer center known as either Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, or Dana Farber in Boston, two of the best cancer centers in the country.

FYI needle biopsies, aka FNAS (fine needle aspiration) are notoriously inaccurate. A significant number of them must be repeated. Get a complete excisional biopsy.