Advice on overseas ultrasound results

Hi All,

I went for a general health check in Asia in May, and got contacted today that my thyroid gland ultrasound has found an irregular shaped hypoechoic nodule that requires further follow up.
As I'm now back to the UK (I live and work here since 2017), I'm not sure what to do.

Is it OK to bring up to your GP ultrasound results that's conducted & analysed overseas? I'm hoping that GP will then refer me to a specialist. My Company offers private healthcare but I need to check whether these pre-diagnosis will be covered by the private insurance.


Would appreciate any input as a bit clueless now on the next steps.

Thanks a lot for your help. 

 

  • Hi I am in the exact same situation! What I did is booked for an appointment with GP (mine only accept online booking so I attached the translated report too), mentioned it could be a cancer and doctor asked for a surgery. Then GP called me asked for more detail about my report and family history, etc. and then referred me to the doctor. It's 2WW path so I got appointment within 2 weeks.

    Because I didn't have the report in my hand, the doctor only asked the lump size and arranged another ultrasound scan for me (still waiting...). If you have it in hand they might use it as a reference, but I still think they want to have a scan here. And he said treatment only required for larger lumps (>1cm), for smaller lumps even it's cancer they won't do treatment on it, just observe it regularly. So don't worry too much about it.