What does Hyperdense on a ct scan mean?  I have a hyperdense tumor?
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discuss it with a physician.
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You can always have a doctor check you out when you have your yearly exams and stuff like that.  When I go for my checkup, my doctor's check my breasts, and I've already had an ultrasound and mammogram (I was 18 when I got both), and the lumps are normal before your menstrual cycle starts.  I have something called fibrocystic disease, which is basically a fancy way of saying I have "lumpy breasts".  It's normal for women who've never had kids, haven't went through menopause, or young women in adolescence and early adulthood.  It's normal to feel tenderness and some soreness every now and then, but remember to do self breast exams on yourself after your period ends.  As always, you can get checked out, to make sure everything's okay.  Hope this helps!!!
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CT (computed tomography), sometimes called CAT scan, uses special x-ray equipment to obtain image data from different angles around the body and then uses computer processing of the information to show a cross-section of body tissues and organs.\n\nCT imaging is particularly useful because it can show several types of tissue—lung, bone, soft tissue and blood vessels—with great clarity. Using specialized equipment and expertise to create and interpret CT scans of the body, radiologists can more easily diagnose problems such as cancers, cardiovascular disease, infectious disease, trauma and musculoskeletal disorders. \n\nGot to the web site below for more details.
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GO BACK!!!It could be something serious that could be deadly!Tell him you want him to run test to see if  its a  tumor!!If he won't go to a different Dr.
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Pulmonary Nodules\n\nThese are generally seen as solid densities in the lung, although it is difficult to truly differentiate whether a nodule is fluid-filled (cystic) or solid.\n\nManagement of nodules that are clearly benign or malignant is straightforward. The difficulty is in the evaluation and management of the indeterminate nodule. The goal is to correctly diagnose indeterminate nodules, allowing curative resection of early-stage malignant nodules and avoiding the morbidity and mortality of surgery for benign nodules. Ideally, the decision to resect or observe a nodule should be made within 1 month of presentation
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Registered Nurse here; Hun sounds as if you are experiencing a viral infection, such as the flu.  However as you know dear, it's impossible for someone to give you an accurate evaluation here on Yahoo.  You didn't state your age, or any other disease process, the clammy feeling-worries me, for if your a diabetic this could be a sign of hypoglycemia.  Honestly, sweetie, I believe it a good ideal for you to go to the nearest emergency room.  You have several significant symptoms going on here.  The swollen lymph nodes (Glands), cramping, and clammy feeling are all symptoms of something a little more involved than a virus, or flu.  Just to error on the side of caution, I cannot with a clear conscious, suggest anything less than you going to the nearest emergency room.  Thanks for allowing me to address your question.  Hope your feeling better soon.
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I am sorry to hear about health scare.  Your said that your doctor is suspicious, so try not to worry too much before you get the actual diagnosis.  You may have something less serious.  Don't do too much research before you know what you have; its confusing and scary.  I had Hodgkins last lear.  My doctor told me he was pretty sure I had lymphoma, so I tried researching it. I got all kinds of info, most of which didn't apply to me. I ended up giving myself an unnecessary scare.\n\nTo answer your other questions: Yes it is possible to recover! I am in full remission now! The good thing about hodgkins is that it is easier to put in remission than many other cancers and it tends to stay gone longer than many other cancers.  Lots of people don't have it ever come back.  When its gone for five years, it is not very likely to come back.  Many people call themselves "cured" then.\n\nMy blood counts were normal at diagnosis too, many peoples are.  My only symptoms were tiredness, which I thought was related to my hectic college schedule.\n\nLymphoma is a blood cancer, but the actual cancer is in your lymph nodes.  Lymphnodes fight off "invaders" that are carried to them by your blood.  If one lymphnode is infected, its very possible others are.  I found one lump under my collar bone, but scans showed a couple egg sized tumors of the nodes deep in my chest and a small tumor on the other side of my neck, which was too small to be felt.\nChemotherapy was kill all of them, and I only needed the minimal amount, though I did have to follow with some radiation to help kill the larger ones. \n\nThere is a really great support forum for lymphoma.  It helped me so much during my treatments; the people there were like my family.  Its at http://forums.webmagic.com if you wanna check it out Click on Lymphoma support.  \n\nTake care, and please email me with any other questions.  I'd love to hear from you.  Madenthe80s@hotmail.com
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http://www.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/hw233596.asp\n\nCopy and paste this website address and it will bring up the details of having a CT Scan.  I LOVE WEBMD as a medical source!  ***You might want to double check with your imaging center tomorrow and make sure it is 1 charge and not for 2 different CT Scans.  A few months ago my Hubby had this done and he was charged for 2 different procedures-it was almost $3700!  The other tests you have listed are just simple blood tests.  You should do very well.  Good Luck and I will pray for you!
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If the symptoms seem serious, then you should go check out your doctor. But if they are no big deal, I'm sure you're fine. It may be true that when you research something, you think you have it. When I learned about brain tumors, all these weird stuff was happenin to me; I felt like I did have it I was so freaked out. Then I got over it (half a yr later). Same thing happened when I learned about cancer. I started checkin my body out very very carefully for any lumps and stuff. So yeah, if its not very serious I wouldn't worry abotu it.
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Hypertrychosis.  I saw it on a CSI episode.
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I DON'T WANNA SCARE YOU AND TELL YOU THAT IT MIGHT BE CANCER BECAUSE AS SOON AS WE HEAR THE WORD LUMP THAT'S WHAT WE ALL START TO THINK. IT COULD BE A ULCER, OR IT COULD BE ANYTHING NONE OF US HAVE GIVING YOU X-RAY'S SO THERE FORE WE WOULD NOT KNOW TRY AND GET SOME X-RAYS BECAUSE THIS CAN SEE YOUR ORGANS AND INSIDE OF YOUR BONES. THEN YOU WILL KNOW WHAT THE REAL PROBLEM IS AND YOU CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE. I HOPE THAT YOU FEEL BETTER AND MY BEST WISHES ARE WITH YOU.
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ok well the cough is a cold, thats all..I have a lump on the back of my head, it just appeard. I flipped out...omg i have cancer..it wasn't. I went for a cat scan and it turned out just to be a calcium deposit which are nothing. The body does weird thing sometimes and b/c of the world we live in, when we find something that does'nt belong on our body we ...ahhhhh. When the body is trying to get rid of a virus such as a cold, it will create antibodies to help fight it off, think of your body as a mini army,sometimes weird bumps will appear. The fact that b/c u were on an anti-biotic and the lump began to go down automatically cancels out any cancerous tumours, not to say it can't be a tumor but probally not. Your dr with several years of med school under his/her belt said it looked normal, ontop of a cat scan which he said looked normal. I would trust him and try not to worry about it. If your loosing sleep over it, maybe you should go for a 2nd opinion or maybe a biopsy which there painless, it sounds painful but it's nothing...well u feel it, its not pleasurable, but its ok, its quick. Try not to worry.
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Take a look at the websites below for more information. I can decode some of that for you. I can't tell you how serious it is...you need to find a doctor who will talk to you and explain things. \n\nLeiomyosarcoma is a rare cancer that affects smooth muscles. Low to intermediate grade is not as bad as advanced, so that part sounds positive. Focal necrosis means there is a part of the tissue sample that shows cells that are dying. I can't tell you what that means in the overall picture. The mitotic count is a measure of how many cells in the sample are dividing. HPF means high power field. I'm taking this to mean that when they looked under a high power microscope, 2-3 out of 10 cells were dividing. I can't give you a reference number for what is normal, but in general, more cells dividing would indicate the tumor is growing faster than a low number. \n\nImmunohistochemistry means staining the cells in the sample with markers to see what kind of cells they are. CD34 is a marker for undifferentiated cells. S-100 is another marker, but I can't tell you exactly what it indicates. The presence or absence of markers can mean either good or bad news, but I don't know exactly how these are used here and I don't want to guess.\n\nThat doesn't really answer your questions, because you really need a doctor who knows this case to tell you what to expect. I hope that makes it a little less mysterious, but I'm afraid it's not much help. It makes me sad to think that someone would just hand you this report and not give you some help in understanding what is going on. Sometimes hospitals have a social worker who is there to translate the medical jargon into things you really want and need to know. Ask if there is someone like this. I hope it's a good outcome. Good luck.
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It sounds like an inflamed lymph node, nothing serious. Lymph nodes are the body's way of saying you have an infection somewhere near that area. Yes, go to the doctor.
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*gasp* thanks for your details.  you are the first one I encountered to give his case with good details.\ndon't worry mister. 120/94 AIN'T that alarming. \nquestion: have you eaten any foods high in (bad) cholesterol?? fatty pork chops?? seafoods?? chicken skin?? JUST BEFORE THE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION??\n\nthat is all I can say viewing that your "latest check-up" is PAST 1 YEAR.  I think you should do it again, this time.\n\nTIP: GO SEE DOC.  AVOID FATTY FOODS BEFORE EXAMINATION. THAT BE IT. \n\nJOMAR S.T. NDGM '96\nEDIT: i saw your addition of details today.  you are not suffering from hypertension. you are just within the normal limits, however, that chest should be checked for further data.  might be just stress or rib cage "deflation/inflation" after hours of steadiness.
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Actaully, on some of my recent tests, I have the same exact thing you are describing and it is due to having chronic bronchitis.\nYou are not exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide efficiently with this disease and as a response the body makes extra red blood cells to get more oxygen to your tissues. If it is slightly elevated above normal it is nothing to worry about.\n\nDo you have any sort of lung disease? This could cause it if I am understanding your question.
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RVH means right ventricular hypertrophy in one of the heart ventricles, i.e that chamber is enlarged. ECO 2D? Do you mean you have ECHO (=cardiac ultrasound) done? Sometimes this hypertrophy is caused by a tight pulmonary valve, but it could be something else too, I'm not so sure.. You need to speak to a cardiologist.