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Tumor Board Conference Report

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The tumor board conference I attended was held on Tuesday March 27, 2018 at 7:00 AM, at Northwest Community Hospital. The pathology for the patient I chose was an atypical carcinoid in her lungs. This patient present to the hospital with dyspnea on exertion, dizziness, and pulmonary hypertension. She is a former smoker; she quit the habit in 1980. She underwent a chest CT which showed 4 nodules. There was an 8 mm nodule in the right lower lobe, a 4 mm nodule in the left lower lobe, a 4 mm one in the right middle lobe, and a 4 mm in the left upper lobe. The patient had also already had a right middle lobe wedge resection where a 3.2 centimeter atypical carcinoid was found. A wedge resection is when a triangular shaped slice of tissue is removed. Usually a tumor is taken, and a small amount of normal tissue around it. …show more content…

The radiologist report says, “the appearance is suspicious for malignancy, and further evaluation with PET CT is recommended.” The report on the PET scan states that the cardiophrenic mass had increased FDG uptake; the smaller nodules did not. The accuracy of this type of scan is limited on nodules under one centimeter, which many of them were on this patient. Due to this, it was undetermined if there was metastasis or not. It was also found on the PET scan that one of the patient’s ovaries was enlarged and had some FDG uptake there as well. A pelvic ultrasound was recommended as this was a concern for an ovarian

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