A "CALCIFICATION IN THE RIGHT MID ABDOMEN WHICH APPEARS TO REPRESENT A CALCIFIED LYMPH NODE." OKAY IN PLAIN ENGLISH WAT IS A "CALCIFIED LYMPH NODE" IS IT NOT A TYPE OF CANCER!?!?!
2006-09-22 18:04:17 · 5 answers · asked by mzsacloality 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
It means one of your lymph nodes is dead and has been dead so long it has calcified. Calcified means it has turned into something hard like a stone.
2006-09-22 18:08:50 · answer #1 · answered by lcmcpa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Calcium is the mineral that makes bones hard. A calcified lymph node is not the same as cancer. What significance it has depends on many things and you should discuss this with your doctor. Basically, it's a hardened lymph node.
You may be worried because calcifications on a mammogram may indicate a cancerous process, although not always.
2006-09-22 18:07:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have calcified lymph nodes and I do not have cancer. Google "calcified lymph nodes."
2006-09-22 18:09:23 · answer #3 · answered by jom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no I don't think it's a type of cancer but I'm not a doctor....I just had two root canals done and they told me that my roots had calcified....certainly didn't mean they were cancerous..just turning into little limestone deposits.
2006-09-22 18:06:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not necessarily cancer - the doctor may have not found anything too serious. If he/she did, they would have told you.
2006-09-22 18:08:22 · answer #5 · answered by ♥michele♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋