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Old 01-04-2010, 02:57 PM
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Arrow Ask for copies of CT scan & MRI

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Originally Posted by newmg View Post
you raise valid points thank you, haven t thought about them

The doctor said that he would perform the surgery through the transcervical approach, but he would ask my acceptance beforehand to revert to the full sternoctomy if findings are not good...

you see, when I started the conversation, he said that I have a thymoma (that could be benign or malign), by the end of the conversation he considered the enlargement as a third option, he also mentioned at some point that he thinks I have an encapsulated thymoma and to me there were too many variables into the conversation ( I do understand that is difficult to assess, but maybe a bit more accuracy is possible?) so that s why I am in doubt..
Have you asked to get a copy of the CT scan & MRI reports so that you can read them for yourself. Here in the States we are entitled to get copies of all reports, not sure about UK. Just a thought.
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