I was diagnosed with TNBC stage 3 acting as stage 4 in August of 2023. I completed 16 treatments and then a double mastectomy. I have been worried because I started having pain in my upper abdomen and my left side and back about 8 months ago. It sometimes gets so severe that I have had to go to the er. CT shows nothing. I have had a bone scan and nothing. The last ct I had showed that I had a splenule on my spleen which is supposed to be an extra tissue or extra spleen and is supposed to be something that is benign, and they say is from birth. My concern is I am 52 years old and have had many many scans and that has never been mentioned. Given that TNBC does not appear like normal cancer in cells, I am worried it could be something else but my oncologist isn't concerned at all. The radiologist read it as a splenule and that's what it is even though I had a ct a week before in the er and it wasn't noted there or on any ct I have ever had. Has anyone ever had any experience with anything similar to this? This scan was yesterday. Thank you.
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