I would like to discuss my mum (56) who has been told by the doctors that they are highly suspicious she has lung cancer (either in the lung from the lung or from somewhere else) after having pnuemonia. A CT scan has shown multiple pleural based soft tissue masses throughout both lungs the largest measured 34mm x 19mm the appearence consistent with multiple pleural and parenchymal metastatus. She had a bronchosphopy today and they took cells and scrapings and also removed a polyp to all be analysed. They will give mum the results on Wednesday next week. They have said that there may be no abnormalities found it may all be inflammatory, that they couldn't look at the masses as they are in the lining of the lung and that once they get the results they will then do another xray or CT and maybe a CT guided biopsy of one of the spots on the lung. The doctors have left us very confused today. We have gone from thinking the worse to thinking maybe this will end up being not even cancer. I should add my mum stopped smoking 3 years ago after smoking since being young and also suffers from rheumatoid arthritis. All of her other organs on the CT between chest and pelvic appeared normal. The original CT scan said there is evidence of superior mediastinal , paratracheal lympahadenopathy. Please can you help by giving me your views on what you think will be the outcome of my mums results. Its sending me mad not understanding or knowing.
