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"CT Scan and results"

About: Aberdeen Royal Infirmary / Cancer Services (Medical Oncology) Aberdeen Royal Infirmary / Radiology (X-rays and Scans)

(as a relative),

My husband was an inpatient last year for several months as he was diagnosed with throat cancer and had a lot of treatment in relation to this. The treatment was carried out and we have only praise for all involved and his aftercare has been good. His Consultant ordered a CT Scan as a routine check-up for him and he received this middle of January. He had to wait several weeks for the appointment which we did not mind and we were told the result would be ready in 7 to 10 days. That was perfect as he had an appointment with his Consultant at the ARI beginning of February, so we thought we would receive the results then. On attending the appointment the Consultant told us that he did not have the results as expected.  He then proceeded to do an endoscopic via the nose with a camera and on doing this found a mass where the tumour was before. He is not sure if this is the return of the tumour or an ulcer and as such my husband has to be readmitted in a couple of week's time for an investigation/biopsy. This is all very traumatic at the moment as none of us including his Consultant expected this. Maybe if the results of the CT Scan had been available that these may have given the Consultant an idea of what is happening with my husband. I would like to know where the results are??

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Response from Jennifer Fraser, Service Manager, Outpatients, NHS Grampian 4 years ago
Jennifer Fraser
Service Manager, Outpatients,
NHS Grampian
Submitted on 07/02/2020 at 12:12
Published on Care Opinion at 14:15


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I am very sorry to hear of this delay. All results are usually available within a week. If you would like to contact me directly with your husbands details, I will look into this immediately for you.

Jennifer Fraser

01224558856

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Update posted by kjd (a relative)

A big thank you to Jennifer for looking into this and getting back to me so promptly. We fully understand the delay and want to thank the CT department and its staff and the Drs that report on these scans. Your dedication to a difficult job is greatly appreciated and we do not wish anyone to feel bad about the slight delay. The consultant in question will have the report now and that is all that matters. Once again thank you Jennifer.

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