Hi,
I am a 37 year old mother of 3 young children. I received a call from my doctor yesterday to give me the results of my CT scan. I have been having upper abdominal pain off and on for several months...I always thought is was muscle strain and when the pain went away, I just forgot about it. I finally decided to go to my doctor and he had me go for this test. I was being checked for a hernia. To my surprise, my results indicate a 6 cm mass on my left kidney. I am terrified since what I have read on the internet all seem to have the word cancer attached to it. I have been referred to a urologist to learn more about what is going on I hope. My question would be, besides cancer, what else could this mass be?