Wife has a mass on her pancreas and liver as seen on an ultrasound

[Schwah]

Hi first post here. My wife of 38 years who is 67 years old had some slightly elevated liver panels and they asked you to do an ultrasound. We went in to the doctor for the results yesterday. He said they saw a small mass on both her liver and on her pancreas. He referred us to an MRI and possible biopsy. As I understand it, if there still still a concern after reviewing the MRI they will do an MRI guided biopsy. I’m not clear of the biopsy will be done the same day or scheduled at a later date. Couple of questions for those here with much more knowledge that I. Could the MRI alone indicate no cancer and they send us in our way? Would they do the biopsy right there in then if they are still concerned after reviewing the MRI? From what I read online they were both false positives and negatives to these biopsies. Should we travel to a teaching hospital like Ucla for the MRI and/or the biopsy? Or would it be sufficient to just send the results To a place like that for a second opinion? Finally, since there is a spot on both the liver and pancreas, can I assume the odds of both being benign are not great Because of the added possibility that the spot of the liver is the spread of the pancreatic cancer? All scary stuff. Thanks in advance for any help.

Schwah

[Blondie888]

These are all valid questions first let me start off by saying I am so sorry for the pain that you and your family are going through I've been there and it's rough. The only answer that I can tell you in regards to your questions is get a second opinion get a third opinion if you have to because pancreatic cancer can be misdiagnosed so easily, it could be a pseudocyst, it could be Scar Tissue, it could be a number of things. It could be a mass that's not cancerous . Unfortunately there are not enough doctors that are specialist in pancreatic cancer. That is where it is critical to see someone who is a specialist who specializes in pancreatic cancer and someone who specializes in the type of surgeries that are Geared for pancreatic cancer. Anything that has to do with your wife's care right now from here on out definitely needs to be done with a specialist that specializes in the pancreas. Bottom line. I wish you all the luck and I wish I would have known all of this information while we were going through what we went through with my mother that being her advocate and a medical power of attorney I learned a lot after the fact during and after the fact so good luck to you and your family I wish you the best

[Derron256]

If you don’t mind me asking what where the symptoms prior to the diagnosis

[Schwah in reply to Derron256]

She had some stomach issues. So they took an ultrasound that looked problematic. As it turned out the MRI showed noIssues.

[Derron256]

Im currently experiencing constant discomfort in my left rib area for a week and my left rib looks like its flaring out my doctor send me to do a blood test gonna get the results tomorrow.🤞