Hi everyone!
My mom had surgery for stomach cancer a few weeks ago. Her recovery went smoothly, and she was scheduled to start chemotherapy in February. However, a CT scan performed a couple of days ago showed a hypodense area. I’m going to paste the report here—if anyone can help explain what this actually means, I would be so grateful (I’m a total novice at reading these things)!
Thank you all so much!
My mom had surgery for stomach cancer a few weeks ago. Her recovery went smoothly, and she was scheduled to start chemotherapy in February. However, a CT scan performed a couple of days ago showed a hypodense area. I’m going to paste the report here—if anyone can help explain what this actually means, I would be so grateful (I’m a total novice at reading these things)!
Findings:
An abdominal CT was performed using 5 mm transverse slices, both natively and with contrast enhancement.
The contrast agent is evacuating from the gastric fundus in the form of a narrow, tubular track surrounded by a hypodense area, with an evident increase in absorption values in said region following I.V. administration of contrast.
Thank you all so much!