I really need someones opinion... What does "Partially solid partially Cystic Mass" mean? , page 1

reply to post by Tripple_Helix

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Part bone, part cancer/tumor.

reply to post by Tripple_Helix

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cyst   [sist]
noun
1. Pathology . a closed, bladderlike sac formed in animal tissues, containing fluid or semifluid matter.
2. a bladder, sac, or vesicle.

Partially solid, partially cystic would mean that this mass has hard lumpy bits, mixed in with some squishy fluid.

The hard lumpy bits could be normal tissue inflamed in reaction to the icky fluid. Also the cause of the fluids as the fluid builds up could be your body trying to fight off an attack, whatever is causing the hard lumpy bits.
There's lots of different different things that could be going on and causing this mess.

It could be caused by a parasite. Could be a strange boil. Allergic reaction to something could be cause, especially if something in your environment has recently changed. Could be an odd hernia.
Tons of different things it could be, or be caused by, which is why they need to scope it.

I'd avoid poking at it. You don't want the cyst enclosure to burst and permeate any surrounding healthy tissues.

Is this dermal, sub-dermal, internal?

Best wishes.

reply to post by nineix

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Hi, thanks for the informative post

This would be internal, left lower abdomen. My gyne originally found the problem, and then referred me to a Sonologist who is now referring me back to the gyne for a scope.

Parasite? Really? That's freaky and scary,

I've been living with this pain for about 5 years now. When it started, I had a scan and x-rays and they found nothing. So I wrote it off to IBS... Just went for my normal gyne check up and they found this.

reply to post by FlyersFan

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Hi Flyers Fan,

Yes, I am a girl, lol.

Thank you for posting.

I suppose I am just a little freaked out as to why the doctors don't know what it is. And both of them specialize in those fields. When I saw the Sonologist, she said that her first diagnosis would have been a burst appendix, but my apendix is on the right and the fluid is not free flowing. It is contained, somehow.

Her second diagnosis would have been an ovarian cyst but seeing that the gynecologist said all was fine in that area, she can't really say. She also said something about "Diverticulitis" or something but that my symptoms don't match up with that...

Oh well, only time will tell.
I'm not too stressed out about it.

It's been there for a while. I have pain but I'm not feeling ill, so that's a good sign.



I can't imagine going though this so many times though..well done to you. Does it hurt real bad and how is the scarring if you don't mind me asking ?

reply to post by Painterz

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Thanks, I just posted this to find out what the description would fit... A tumor or a cyst. As the doctor failed to mention that and actually they aren't sure what it is in any case.

I'm not too worried

Thanks though

reply to post by Tripple_Helix

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Occasionally the appendix...and by occasionally I mean really rarely.....can be on the left side and not the right. But if this pain has been going on for 5 years and it was a burst appendix even on the left...we wouldn't be having this discussion. A cyst is a fluid filled mass. A tumor is a solid mass. They don't usually go together.

Ovarian torsion or cancer could be a cause, but it sounds like that was ruled out? Did they do a CA 125 blood test on you? If they did and it was positive you would know it...but you still should ask. Does the pain come and go? Or is it constant?

It could be something even as weird in the area it's in as something like a partial obstruction in the sigmoid colon. Maybe a cyst started there and has been trapping food and waste and creating almost like a hair ball type thing there. An abscess from an old infection or parasite. It could be a polyp.

It could be related to the kidneys and ureter on the left side. Have they ruled that out? Or and artery or vein that supplies the colon or mesentery in that area.

This is a tough one cause there's really not much on the lower left side. If it isn't retroperitoneal...like the kidneys, and isn't ovarian there isn't much else there but the colon. They can scope you and see and maybe even fix it without causing any scarring. Or it could be something a laproscopy can handle. But without further info there's no way to tell.

Basically....to answer your initial title question though...it means you have something solid and something fluid filled in the same area. My moneys on an intra-abdominal abscess at the moment. But make sure you keep your appointments and followup with whoever they send you to if the current one looking at it doesn't know. It may be non serious, or it could be really serious.

I doubt my answer was much of a help to you LLQ abd.pain is just not my area of expertise.

reply to post by webpirate

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Hi there,

She also thought it could be appendix but my appendix seems to be fine...

They have not done any blood tests yet, I suppose that would be scheduled quite soon. I am going down to the hospital just now to make an appointment for the scope.

The pain is worse after eating. I feel really full after eating a small amount but I eat very regularly. But none the less, I can always feel the pain, just much worse after eating.

I suppose my bowel being full is pressing on the mass.

I do have high stress levels, maybe it could have something to do with that.

All my other organs seem to be fine, which is good. So thing is just 'there'..

I really appreciate your answer.

I just wish I trusted my own instinct throughout the years and got a second opinion.
It's also difficult when people call you a hypochondriac because you're always complaining that somethings not right. And having the doctors tell me all those years back that "we can't see anything abnormal" didn't help much either.

After a while I truly did believe it was all in my head... or maybe IBS that was triggered by stress.

Sorry for blabbing.
I guess it's only sinking in now. I really didn't think that something like this would ever happen to me, lol.

Oh well, rather me than someone else, right?

Thanks again.

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