Quote Originally Posted by LisaD1 View Post
I have had a lot of nodules in cat scans with the biggest being 1.3 cm. That one is now size .6 cm as of last cat scan in Dec. I had something called tree in bud pattern of nodules which at first the pulmonary doctor thought was a microbacterial infection non tb but now thinks since that pattern has disappeared the nodules could have been wegs but he said one could never know without a biopsy. Normally they do repeat cat scans over varying patterns to see if they grow or remain the same. I think I read that about 10% of nodules found on cat scans disappear over time for whatever reason.
Hi, I had a CT scan of lungs about 2 years ago...and it said the same type of tree branch with spiculated spots or pattern.....I have a copy of that ctscan somewhere. I'm going to share it when I find it. It was taken when I began having lung problems...and my cardiologist has repeated it once a year, with no change. But to back track to 1990 when I was diagnosed after being sick for a year....I had several large tumors in my lungs. I had a needle lung biopsy and it came back non cancerous, and after treatment with Cytoxan and prednisone, they all shrunk up to little spots the size of raisins. One in my left upper lobe did not shrink as much, but it has also remained unchanged. After feeling safe with my lungs being unchanged for years, that ct scan 2 years ago really freaked me out!! Something that looks like a tree is in my lungs??? Arrrrgggghhhh.....what a frustrating disease!!! If my lungs change, Ill definitely post it for anyone who can use the information. Love to all.....