ANA Discussion Forum
General Category => Inquiries => Topic started by: tenai98 on September 05, 2008, 08:04:08 am
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Can someone state what is small, medium and large for ANs. This is what I'm reading from the forum
Small....under 2cm
Medium ....between 2cm to 3.5cm
Large anything over 3.5cm......?????????????????
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tenai -
no question is considered dumb on this forum :)
Your recap looks correct to me.
Jan
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Tenai
Believe me, I am the champ at dumb questions. But I always seem to get smart answers. My impression is that a medium size goes down to 1.5. If that isn't the case, I was mis-led.
David
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David -
like lots of things AN, it probably depends somewhat on the doctor.
My AN was originally 1.5 cm and I was told it was considered "small to medium".
I was also told that 2 or 2.5 cm is generally the point where docs start to think that radiation isn't a good idea - but I have heard of docs who say it's more like 3 cm.
Jan
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Tenai98:
I also think your scale is basically correct, although the exact measurement threshold for determining the AN size category (small, medium, large) may vary a bit from doctor to doctor, as Jan indicated. My 4.5 AN was termed 'very large' by my doctor. I even heard the word 'huge' bandied about when I was having pre-op tests. I decided to settle for 'large' and let it go at that. :)
Jim