Ulcers and Tumors confused??
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PET/CT Scans
pick up any excess metabolic activity, and they cannot differentiate between a wound (like an ulcer) and a metastasis, only a biopsy can do that.
Your husband would not be the first to get an initial dx of a metastatic tumor, only to find out it was some other thing causing the rapid cell division picked up by the PET scan.0 -
Thank you Buck, I worry soBuckwirth said:PET/CT Scans
pick up any excess metabolic activity, and they cannot differentiate between a wound (like an ulcer) and a metastasis, only a biopsy can do that.
Your husband would not be the first to get an initial dx of a metastatic tumor, only to find out it was some other thing causing the rapid cell division picked up by the PET scan.
Thank you Buck, I worry so much and I don't want to miss anything. I hope it ends up just being an ulcer!!0
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