Left lower lobe nodule

[Jvander11]

I have CLL but my recent CT scan showed a left lower lobe nobule. My scans have been good until this. Has anyone else had something like this?

[lankisterguy Volunteer]

Hi Jvander11,-

Your question is very brief, but is probably best handled by the radiologist that read the scan or the doctor that ordered the scan.

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Since the body location is not included in your post, I would need to guess that it involves your lungs (nodules can occur in many places but the left lower lobe is probably your lung).

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If so, here are some explanations from authoritative sources

webmd.com/lung/benign-lung-...

cancer.org/cancer/lung-canc...

thoracic.org/patients/patie...

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We hope it is benign, but as the articles indicate, it is important to have close attention by your medical team to determine if it is not benign.

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Len

[Jvander11 in reply to lankisterguy]

Thank you for the reply! It is on the left lung. I have been on venetoclax for 8 months how’s after combining with 6 months of gesyva. No past detections from the radiologist in prior ct scans.

[SandandWind]

In August, at the end of treatment with an OIV combination I had a CT scan as part of the protocol. There was an 8 mm nodule noted that had not been there 20 months before on a pretreatment CT scan. There was no sense of panic from my hematologist but I am having a follow up scan in February to see if it has changed. That was the recommended time frame from radiologist.

[Jvander11 in reply to SandandWind]

Thank you for the reply!

[Nicebaps]

I had one in the upper right lobe which was removed under surgery as it was large. I was also on Venetoclax.

[johnliston]

I had one removed right after I was on a trial of I/V. It was picked up on the CT scans over the course of the 2 yr trial and grew from about 7mm to 11mm. They took it out, biopsied it, found it was cancer and then removed a larger section of the lung (about 10%). They also checked several nearby lympnodes to see if it had spread, but they were all clear.

I now have a new one 5mm which I also have to have checked again in January.

Most of the time they are just scar tissue from past infections

john

[DelrayDave]

After 6 years on ibrutinib a scan picked up one nodule in my right lung middle lobe. My hemo-oncologist said it was probably caused by the drug, something about fungus which ibrutinib causes. I had just then switched to venetoclax. I do not know if venetoclax also causes them. He wanted a biopsy and I refused. I decided the risk of a collapsed lung outweighed at my age (80) the risk of a single nodule that was probably benign. He agreed to do a second scan, which the radiologist said showed it had shrunk by a third. He was not sure, so we did a third scan, which showed the nodule has indeed shrunk. I will have another scan in 6 months, but we now agree it is almost certainly not serious.

I do hope yours is of no worry.

David

[PoisonDwarf]

I have 3 nodules in my lungs. My SLL was diagnosed as an incidental finding on a CT scan for lung cancer screening. I am still in W&W. The nodules are all under 4mm and I have an annual CT scan to monitor. All my doctors are aware and aren’t concerned. I was told this is not an unusual finding and even with the SLL, it’s viewed as benign, until there are any findings otherwise. I will deal with that if anything changes!

Best wishes.