Need help reading MRI report please.

From what I can gather, you are possibly looking at a breast cancer diagnosis. They don't believe there is chest wall involvement (good) but you possibly have some nodal involvement that the report does not suggest metastasis of the nodes to other areas as of yet. They want to biopsy the mass. They also saw a lesion on your liver that you should have checked for spread. That is what I got out of this. Prayers for a good outcome! Hugs!

The part headed "IMPRESSION" is like a summary, and the BI-RADS category tells how suspicious it all looks.

It doesn't sound that way. It sounds as thought it is in your arm pit. I will be wishing you well, that it is only a local advancement, like mine. I am still here! please let us know?

Hi Joseanna!

I hope you "enjoyed" your PET scan. Mine was OK; it's hard to stay still for 20 minutes! I saw your MRI results; the biggest worry is probably the liver lesions. Thankfully, you've already had a PET scan, and that will give your cancer team a better idea about what they might be. Scans pick up all kinds of things that aren't cancer, like benign lung nodules. But, cancer in the major organs can be scary to contemplate! I've been busy looking at my electronic medical records, trying to find out what my PET scans revealed. No luck yet!

Hi prettyblueyes,

I just wanted to say that I was also diagnosed as a mom with 2 young children, and I absolutely hate this disease for both of us, and for all other men and women who have to endure it. I hope that your treatment will knock all the cancer cells out.

Hi Prettyblueyes,

I was 40 when I was diagnosed and my twin children (a boy and a girl) were 7 at the time. Now, they are 10. I had a consultation with a social worker and was told that honesty was the best policy with the kids (without giving too much detail but giving them the facts that they had the ability to understand). You have four kids, and some of them may be able to handle more facts than your other kids. I did not take my kids to any of the appointments or chemo sessions but I told them that I had cancer and that I was being treated for it. I would NOT recommend that you take your kids to the appointments as this may hinder your ability to speak freely with your doctors. You may want to present your kids with the facts after you have all the facts yourself and have time to digest. I also told my kids that due to the cancer my breasts would also be removed. I also explained that my hair would fall out during chemo but I was the same mom, and that they should not fear any of the physical changes. I also reassured them that the cancer was not contagious, and that they would not get it from me by touching me or kissing me. My kids got used to my being hairless fairly quickly. I rarely used wigs (found them itchy and uncomfortable). I only used them when I had to return to work while still undergoing the chemo. This was much more for my colleagues' benefit than my own. I give you and your family my best. Hugs.

I was reading through your posts and saw your post about your OB telling you that breast cancer doesn't hurt. When I found my tumor (at the time lump). It was because while running down some stairs I felt a soreness in my breat. I examined it and found a lump. I read on numerous websites that if it's sore, it's not cancer. Armed with my information from cancer websites, decided to wait until my next scheduled appointment with my primary care doctor (which luckily for me was in and out a month) at which point I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer. I hate that people are being told this absolutely incorrect information and potentially delaying diagnosis.

I know the waiting and testing can be so nerve racking! I hope you get all of your answers soon.

I have pasted a link below that contains 19 pdf pages of how to read "BREAST MRI." If you copy and paste this link in your browser, it will open up as a pdf and will enable you to save or print it, and read at your leisure. It's a terrific 1st step to educating ourselves on this subject, especially since it is filled with medical jargons.

nld.by/omr/breast/BI-RADS/BIRADS-MRI-5th-Edition.PDF

Good luck to you

P.S. In addition to the MRI negatives that was given to me, I was also given a DVD of ALL the MRI images taken, along with a summary of their determination. Considering that MRI is very expensive, if you are not given a DVD of your images, may wish to ask for one?