Question about pelvic C.T scan

foroughsh
foroughsh Member Posts: 779
in Kidney Cancer #1

Hi everybody

Anyone knows whether hips skeleton is being checked out in an abdomen and pelvic C.T scan without contrast?

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  • todd121
    todd121 CSN Member Posts: 1,448 Member
    #2
    Yes

    I'm pretty sure they go down to about the center of your thigh bone. They had round something on one of my scans in the hip joint at one point.

    Best,

    Todd

  • foroughsh
    foroughsh Member Posts: 779
    edited February 2018 #3
    Thanks Todd
     

    Thanks Todd

     

  • MelBlessed
    MelBlessed Member Posts: 71 Member
    #4
    Yes

    they look at hips and spine.

  • foroughsh
    foroughsh Member Posts: 779
    #5
    Good news, thanks

    Good news, thanks

  • Allochka
    Allochka CSN Member Posts: 1,083 Member
    #6
    Hi Forough,

    Hi Forough,

    are you worried about something? Somwthing wrong in pelvic area?

  • Max57
    Max57 Member Posts: 177 Member
    edited February 2018 #7
    Foroughsh..

    Yes they look there if they find any they go in details In the last report they noticed that there was a slight deterioration in the last vertebrae of the spine due to age progression

  • foroughsh
    foroughsh Member Posts: 779
    edited February 2018 #8
    Allochka said:

    Hi Forough,

    Hi Forough,

    are you worried about something? Somwthing wrong in pelvic area?

    Hi, well, nothing serious, I

    Hi, well, nothing serious, I had pain in my hips for few days probably It was a muscle cramp. Now everything is fine. Thanks a lot

     

  • foroughsh
    foroughsh Member Posts: 779
    #9
    Max57 said:

    Foroughsh..

    Yes they look there if they find any they go in details In the last report they noticed that there was a slight deterioration in the last vertebrae of the spine due to age progression

    In my reports it's written

    In my reports it's written all skeleton are normal. But isn't clear what are the skeleton in details, so I wanted to make sure they've looked at hip's skeleton too. Thanks for your reply

     

  • Allochka
    Allochka CSN Member Posts: 1,083 Member
    #10
    Glad to hear the pain

    Glad to hear the pain subsided! This is a side-effect of being a cancer survivor or survivor's caregiver - every pain/lump/bump is "cancer!!!!"

    But it is usually not :-)

  • klj15
    klj15 Member Posts: 38
    #11
    I don't know if they have

    I don't know if they have gone down that far with my scans - I need to ask next time. I know they get the top of my hips, but definitely not much farther than that.

  • DAC677
    DAC677 Member Posts: 59
    edited February 2018 #12
    CT scans / bones

    I just asked that same question yesterday to expert doctors at IUPUI cancer center. They assured me that the bones included in the area of the CT scan would be scanned as well. Some times i get a CT of chest and abdomen and sometimes just chest.

    Reason is they now found two new nodules in my left lower lung. i asked if i should get another bone scan to see if there were anymore nodules / tumors anywhere else. They said it wasnt needed because my chest and abdomen CT also covered 75% of my bones.

  • foroughsh
    foroughsh Member Posts: 779
    #13
    DAC677 said:

    CT scans / bones

    I just asked that same question yesterday to expert doctors at IUPUI cancer center. They assured me that the bones included in the area of the CT scan would be scanned as well. Some times i get a CT of chest and abdomen and sometimes just chest.

    Reason is they now found two new nodules in my left lower lung. i asked if i should get another bone scan to see if there were anymore nodules / tumors anywhere else. They said it wasnt needed because my chest and abdomen CT also covered 75% of my bones.

    Thanks for detail information

    Thanks for detail information. I hope all goes well with your new C.T scan

  • kutzi17
    kutzi17 Member Posts: 17
    #14
    Thank God

    Thank God that I saw this post. I've been having tailbone/buttock pain for the past 2 weeks, went to see my PCP who assured me that his examination and assessment reveals a musculoskeletal pain. Of course, being paranoid and always on the defense, I asked if I needed to have a ct scan or xray at least to r/o cancer and I was told "no, you're thinking too much". I just had a ct scan of the abd and pelvis with and without contrast almost three weeks ago to r/o sepsis and abscess and it states "No acute osseous abnormality or destructive ossesous lesion" . I guess it's just me being overly cautious about everything. 

  • hardo718
    hardo718 Member Posts: 853 Member
    #15
    foroughsh

    You already got answers to your question so I won't go there, but just checking in to say I love your new picture!

    Donna~

  • foroughsh
    foroughsh Member Posts: 779
    #16
    kutzi17 said:

    Thank God

    Thank God that I saw this post. I've been having tailbone/buttock pain for the past 2 weeks, went to see my PCP who assured me that his examination and assessment reveals a musculoskeletal pain. Of course, being paranoid and always on the defense, I asked if I needed to have a ct scan or xray at least to r/o cancer and I was told "no, you're thinking too much". I just had a ct scan of the abd and pelvis with and without contrast almost three weeks ago to r/o sepsis and abscess and it states "No acute osseous abnormality or destructive ossesous lesion" . I guess it's just me being overly cautious about everything. 

    Happy to know you're fine. It

    Happy to know you're fine. It's normal to feel like that especially during first year. and I think it's good to remain vigilant

  • foroughsh
    foroughsh Member Posts: 779
    #17
    hardo718 said:

    foroughsh

    You already got answers to your question so I won't go there, but just checking in to say I love your new picture!

    Donna~

    Thanks Donna, it was taken in

    Thanks Donna, it was taken in our spring holiday trip which I enjoyed every minute of.

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