Soft tissue Fullness of left PNS??

meja
meja Member Posts: 10
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Let me take this opportunity to welcome myself back to forum 2012.registering.......logged in. ok my question is i took a C.T scan after 5 month post rad treatment for PNS and the only thing that show up was soft tissue fullness of left PNS..is this something to worry about..the tumor is now gone though.

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  • longtermsurvivor
    longtermsurvivor Member Posts: 1,842 Member
    #2
    I'm slow on the uptake
    so bear with me, as I don't know your story. As far as I know, on this board PNS would likely mean paranasal sinus. Am I correct in guessing your primary was a squamous carcinoma of one of the paranasal sinuses? In medical parlance PNS can also designate peripheral nervous system, but I don't see that as likely applying here.

    Can you tell me exactly what the CT showed? The term "fullness" is a very nondescript term, and it is kind of surprising they would use that description without further elaborating on what the characteristics of the fullness are. For instance, if you had a tumor, it would actually be measured. If you had a fluid accumulation within a sinus, it would state that. If the lining of a sinus was thickened, it would likely state exactly that.

    There are too many unknowns here to confidently predict what this CT means. OTOH, it is hard to imagine a report like this has any negative significance, given what I just stated in paragraph 2.

    Best to you.

    Pat
  • meja
    meja Member Posts: 10
    #3
    longtermsurvivor said:

    I'm slow on the uptake
    so bear with me, as I don't know your story. As far as I know, on this board PNS would likely mean paranasal sinus. Am I correct in guessing your primary was a squamous carcinoma of one of the paranasal sinuses? In medical parlance PNS can also designate peripheral nervous system, but I don't see that as likely applying here.

    Can you tell me exactly what the CT showed? The term "fullness" is a very nondescript term, and it is kind of surprising they would use that description without further elaborating on what the characteristics of the fullness are. For instance, if you had a tumor, it would actually be measured. If you had a fluid accumulation within a sinus, it would state that. If the lining of a sinus was thickened, it would likely state exactly that.

    There are too many unknowns here to confidently predict what this CT means. OTOH, it is hard to imagine a report like this has any negative significance, given what I just stated in paragraph 2.

    Best to you.

    Pat

    pns paranasal sinuses
    before i had a tumor of size 30mm by 27mm on left PNS. three months ago.


    according to the scan this is the only finding aka conclusion.

    1.soft tissue fullness on left pns
  • longtermsurvivor
    longtermsurvivor Member Posts: 1,842 Member
    #4
    meja said:

    pns paranasal sinuses
    before i had a tumor of size 30mm by 27mm on left PNS. three months ago.


    according to the scan this is the only finding aka conclusion.

    1.soft tissue fullness on left pns

    sounds good
    Kind of a lazy radiology report, lol. OTOH, it sounds about like you'd expect three months after radiation. This sould appear to be just a thickening left over after rads, not cancer. Will be interested in hearing your treatment physician's take on this. Best to you.
  • meja
    meja Member Posts: 10
    #5
    longtermsurvivor said:

    sounds good
    Kind of a lazy radiology report, lol. OTOH, it sounds about like you'd expect three months after radiation. This sould appear to be just a thickening left over after rads, not cancer. Will be interested in hearing your treatment physician's take on this. Best to you.

    yeah
    I know, i am seeing my Doctor this monday , will let you know.
  • meja
    meja Member Posts: 10
    #6
    meja said:

    yeah
    I know, i am seeing my Doctor this monday , will let you know.

    good news
    the doctor said there was nothing to worry about he wants me to do an endoscopy of left pns next month,
  • D Lewis
    D Lewis Member Posts: 1,581 Member
    #7
    meja said:

    good news
    the doctor said there was nothing to worry about he wants me to do an endoscopy of left pns next month,

    Hi Meja
    My cancer was base-of-tongue SCC, and after treatment, my Stanford doc always described the cancer site as having a "resolved fullness." I got 'scoped every six weeks for the first 18 months after treatment. Now I'm getting scoped every eight weeks. My follow up scans have been clear.

    Deb
  • longtermsurvivor
    longtermsurvivor Member Posts: 1,842 Member
    #8
    meja said:

    good news
    the doctor said there was nothing to worry about he wants me to do an endoscopy of left pns next month,

    Good news for you
    carry on with your normal life, now:)

    Pat

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