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      • May 15, 2011 at 5:16 am
      TimJ
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        Hello Lisa,

        My husband was diagnosed with melanoma last year at this time. During his pre-surgical physical they did a chest x-ray, the x-ray showed multiple spots in his lungs. He had a PET scan to rule out melanoma, blood tests to rule out fungus, etc. and after those came back negative or not suggestive of melanoma he had a broncoscopy which showed pneumonia and granulomas but no melanoma cells. They proceeded with the WLE/SNB after the pneumonia was treated. He has since had follow-up chest x-rays and CT scans to monitor the nodules which have remained small and stable. He is followed by an oncologist at Mayo and a pulmonologist at the U of MN. They believe the nodules are sarcoidosis, however they do not know if the sarcoidosis came before the melanoma or the melanoma caused the sarcoidosis. It was a scary 4 weeks while they were busy ruling out lungs mets and treating the pneumonia while the melanoma remained in his arm (due to a shave biopsy which was not deep enough). Hoping your nodules are a coincidental finding and not mets.

        Michelle

        • May 15, 2011 at 5:16 am
        TimJ
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          Hello Lisa,

          My husband was diagnosed with melanoma last year at this time. During his pre-surgical physical they did a chest x-ray, the x-ray showed multiple spots in his lungs. He had a PET scan to rule out melanoma, blood tests to rule out fungus, etc. and after those came back negative or not suggestive of melanoma he had a broncoscopy which showed pneumonia and granulomas but no melanoma cells. They proceeded with the WLE/SNB after the pneumonia was treated. He has since had follow-up chest x-rays and CT scans to monitor the nodules which have remained small and stable. He is followed by an oncologist at Mayo and a pulmonologist at the U of MN. They believe the nodules are sarcoidosis, however they do not know if the sarcoidosis came before the melanoma or the melanoma caused the sarcoidosis. It was a scary 4 weeks while they were busy ruling out lungs mets and treating the pneumonia while the melanoma remained in his arm (due to a shave biopsy which was not deep enough). Hoping your nodules are a coincidental finding and not mets.

          Michelle

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