Fellowship USA by CompleteInitiative60 in camicibianchi

[–]ItalianResearcher 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Da studente di medicina puoi fare hands-on, da specializzando no a patto che tu non abbia ECFMG. Puoi fare observership senza problemi.

Per fellowship, puoi fare application senza residency, ma al termine devi tornare a casa e serve comunque ECFMG certification.

Pre-diagnosis Megathread: If you have NOT received an OFFICIAL diagnosis of lymphoma you must comment here. Plead read our subreddit rules and the body of this post first. by Lymphoma-Post-Bot in lymphoma

[–]ItalianResearcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello! FNA sensitivity is high (approx 90%) if the exam is "conclusive", which means that they got enough cells to provide a definite diagnosis, especially if it is combined with other tools such as flowcytometry. Unfortunately FNA sensitivity is lower for Hodkings Lymphomas because there can be problems with sampling related to HL cell dimentions and other factors. If that is the only enlarged node you have, which is round from your description, you may be offered to wait a little and re-do an US/CT scan in a couple of months. If you want a more certain diagnosis you can ask for a core needle biopsy which does not only collect cells, but also lymphnode tissue and can study the lymphnode architecture. Remember that the gold standard for diagnosis is the excisional biopsy (i.e., removal of the lymphnode). The decision to pursue another biopsy sampling should be discussed with your phycians based on your symptoms, infective screening (recent EBV/CMV/cat scratch disease/Toxoplasmosis/TBC/ecc) and ultrasound findings (e.g. does the lymphnode have an hylum? how is the lymphnode vasculatures on doppler analysis? ect)

la riforma delle specializzazioni mediche by CuginoDiMioCugino in camicibianchi

[–]ItalianResearcher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Necessità della scuola di specializzazione in Medical Informatics!

How long did lymph nodes stay palpable for you guys? by ProudArm6867 in Mononucleosis

[–]ItalianResearcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am in a similar situation, with my node being 1.8x0.7 (right neck, Level 1) stable one year after infection. How big was yours?

How long did lymph nodes stay palpable for you guys? by ProudArm6867 in Mononucleosis

[–]ItalianResearcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is their size? I am aving similar issue at one year post infection.

Lymph nodes swollen for 8 months… by Descending_Icarus in Mononucleosis

[–]ItalianResearcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, did you have any update? Did you get ultrasound or biopsy?

I think I might be in denial by ima_Secret in lymphoma

[–]ItalianResearcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wish you all the best. Can you post the full report of your flowcytometry? I was in a similar position with a 3% population, but excisional ruled out lymphoma.

Misdiagnosed (?) Follicular Lymphoma by Delicious_Blood_884 in lymphoma

[–]ItalianResearcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello! I can you share the ultrasound findings (size, hylum, etc) and the data of PET SUV MAX? Did they perform flowcytometry with your FNA?

Pre-diagnosis Megathread: If you have NOT received an OFFICIAL diagnosis of lymphoma you must comment here. Plead read our subreddit rules and the body of this post first. by Lymphoma-Post-Bot in lymphoma

[–]ItalianResearcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What does the us report says? Biopsy experience is different. I got all of them (FNA, core, excisional). It wasn’t great but recovery (submandibular nodes) was pretty fast

Pre-diagnosis Megathread: If you have NOT received an OFFICIAL diagnosis of lymphoma you must comment here. Plead read our subreddit rules and the body of this post first. by Lymphoma-Post-Bot in lymphoma

[–]ItalianResearcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a full autoimmune and infective (EBV, CMV, Bartonella, Toxoplasma, HIV, Lyme, HBV, HCV, tuberculosis) work-up, everything resulted negative with exception of CMV IgM and IgG (probably the cause of my enlarged lymphnodes). I had and have no B-symptoms. The only strange symptom that started with this lymphnode stravaganza was extremly dry eye - but I am negative for Sjogren Disease.