in my opinion, CA stands for carcinoma

• Does CA stand for carcinoma or cancer or can it stand for both? TIA! - akhan
  • in my opinion, CA stands for carcinoma - XanaX
    • I checked it also; it stands for both. - ditto with alprazolam-gal.
    • So, if I were to have this abbreviation in the impression or diagnosis, should I expand to carcinoma - akhan
      • that's what I would do - XanaX
        • Ditto with alprazolam-gal. - Headed to the beach!

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Patient had a rising CN showing progressive carcinoma?? What test is this?

They found a large lesion in her lung.  She has s/l fundogenic carcinoma .......

Thanks for any help!  :)

meningeal carcinoma

Patient has ovarian carcinoma and s/l leukoclast/leukoblast??? shots every 3 weeks.  Any help appreciated very much.  Thanks in advance.

This is pertaining to a breast carcinoma. I know what it means, but am not sure how to write it.  I was wondering if someone could help me with the correct way to type this:

"She is classified as a T2 N3 MX."

Thank you for any help.

D

grade 2 over 3 breast carcinoma.

I know there are grades 1-4 but 2/3?

sounds like a test . . . may be related to hearing or ear infection

TIA

I plan to treat him with a combination of Erbitrux and chemotherapy. I have explained to him that it is experimental therapy. There is no guarantee of success. The turbacent toxicities are substantial and these were discussed with the patient. The patient wishes to proceed and will see me back next week.  

This patient has recurrent laryngeal carcinoma. - Thanks so much for helping.  

the patient underwent a CT guided core biopsy of her liver due to **multifibro ** density on the CT scan

this is what is sounds like to me any help greatly appreciated. The only other helpful info I have here is the renal cell carcinoma thank you

doc says this is an uncommon hepatocellular carcinoma called (s/l) keyercell.

Thanks!

Problem List the doctor says what sounds like

3. Status post thyroidectomy; fall foidtull carcinoma?

Any ideas??

 Thanks!

it is dictated like this, clear as day, but can you really have this?

"6 months ago she had a stem cell carcinoma on her chest"

I'm on this report and the worktype is UPPI evaluation. I think the dictator entered the wrong worktype because it is a letter, but I can't make the call without knowing what UPPI stands for. Any help?

TIA!

So it's possible he could mean subacromial and subacromioclavicular decompression.

I've never heard it put quite that way - is this an op report? I normally only do radiology.

kidneys, ureters, bladder - it is an x-ray.

I truly don't think most orthopedists or chiropractors (both of which were my first fields 30 years ago) like zero alone when they are giving degrees of movement of a limb, i.e., 30 degrees of extension, 0 degrees of flexion, 10 degrees of abduction, and 0 degrees of adduction......I truly don't think they would want zero degrees in any part of that....just my *take*

If we were to follow the BOS2 statement about zeroes in this particular case above, I do believe the orthopedists and/or chiropractors would have a problem with that. 

Even in labs now, I DO type zero troponin for 0 troponin, but I don't think it looks very good when all other labs in same paragraph are numerical....

and let's think about urinalysis...... ..... zero red cells or 0 red cells

(they rarely do this - they will say 0-2 red cells and in that case, the zero is not standing alone and we can use 0 there but it's just more to think about.....because occasionally, if a patient has had hematuria, let's say.....the dictator might very well say:  There are zero red cells.)

just commenting and exercising my own concerns and/or opinions...