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Can someone please explain to me this medical report?
My neighbor's 72 years old.She had radical mastachtomy about 5 years ago and now she has fluid on her lungs so she made some tests.Here's what the report had to say:
non-small cells
metastases
acinar formation
Massive malignant effusion adenocarsinoma
Can someone please explain to me what that means?
Thank you.
Is it serious? Will she make it?
2 Answers
- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
Its Lung Cancer type NON SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA
Its primary cause in ur patient is da spread of remnants of da cancer cells ( called recurrence of disease ) and metastasis means cancer cells ve spreaded from breast tissues to lung parenchyma(lung tissue) and caused fluid accumulation in lungs . It causes difficulty breathing n restricting normal activities of life
Adenocarcinoma is da cancer of FLUID PRODUCING TISSUES(glands) .. So excessive proliferation of glands leads of xtra secretions n da All da issue thereafter
Acinar formation is da HistoPathological variant of da tumor cells
Source(s): I am a Dr - cats 3Lv 68 years ago
Well....your dear neighbor has lung cancer. Probably cells from her breast cancer now are invading her body/organs...
Source(s): This is a SIMPLE explanation....that's what is/has happened....god bless you for caring.