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| PRELIMINARY REPORT | 6/23/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: Just a quick question... is there a difference between a preliminary report and a final report. If ...
A: For all intent and purpose, there is no difference; both should include everything that is ...
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| PET Scan of lung | 6/23/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: I have 2 things on the right lung. I had a PET Scan done and the preliminary results read. 1.) ...
A: You have your answer already, your pulmonologist has all the info he needs to make this decision. ...
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| MRI C-Spine w/o contrast | 6/18/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: I was hurt at work and have to go to a surgeon and i am unsure of what is going on. The MRI results ...
A: This is a big issue that, if you check some of my prior answers, you'll realize how common it is. ...
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| I have a question | 6/18/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: i am 15 years old and i am going into high school next year and i want to be a gadiologist maybe. ...
A: I'd say at this point you should seek advice from your career advisor. If you're interested in ...
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| MRI RESULTS QUERY | 6/17/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: This is the result of my mri I have back pain constantly,but my doctor says I have nothing wrong ...
A: I am sure your doctor meant there is nothing to worry about with your back; something wrong there is ...
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| back and leg pain | 6/14/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: this is the reading of an MRI i had done recently please explain what it means and what treatments ...
A: Number one is in the cervical spine, clearly not related to back and leg pain but may cause neck ...
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| Ultrasound/MRI | 6/12/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: My husband had an ultrasound yesterday for a large lump on his upper buttock area. The radiologist ...
A: Ultrasound is falling out of favor more and more each day, to the point that sometimes radiologists ...
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| MRI cervical spine w/out contrast | 6/12/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: What exactly does the findings of my MRI mean? Sagittal MR imaging performed from occiput through ...
A: This basically means you have some degenerative changes (they come along the way, sooner or later) ...
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| mri and ultrasound scans for gallstones | 6/11/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: I wonder if someone could help me. i had an ultrasound scan 6 weeks ago on my gallbladder and the ...
A: There is no issue here, MRI is not as sensitive for detection of gallstone as ultrasound is; if the ...
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| Two MRIs, what is nomal protocol | 6/6/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: CT, and MRI reports. Almost everything has been good news since then. This is related to my first ...
A: This is very tricky since unfortunately it happens to all of us, I have the feeling you had an ...
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| Reading an emergency X-Ray | 5/26/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: I had a cranial CT done last week because of a head injury that turned out to be nothing, but I was ...
A: Sinusitis is actually a clinical diagnosis, there is no need for any imaging, although oftentimes we ...
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| Conflicting results u/s, CT, and MRI | 5/25/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: I've been run through the imaging gamut over the past three weeks resulting from an illness and ...
A: This happens all the time and MRI of the kidneys has becoming more and more popular to evaluate ...
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| BPD size in normal 30 week fetus ?? | 5/23/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: None of my doctors will give me an answer on this. I am 30 weeks pregnant but suddenly had a jump in ...
A: Visit this website: http://www.asum.com.au/open/P&S/policie_d7.htm I'm sure it'll shed some light ...
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| Blood speed | 5/22/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: A long time go on TV, I saw a show called science in action. On this show they injected a radio ...
A: You would have to inject yourself (or someone else) and do exactly what they did! I'm sure it'd be ...
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| sons ct scan | 5/22/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: My son went to the ER for chest pain and he had a report of the following: Theres is some soft ...
A: No, 15 year-olds don't get lung cancer, of course, they may get lymphoma but trust me, that report ...
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| question regarding MRI and screenings | 5/21/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: I had a procedure for uterine fibroids from an Interventional Radiologist. I will be needing a ...
A: Financial issues are not my area of expertise but I happen to know the answer since I have to deal ...
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| dental work and MRI's | 5/18/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: I am scheduled for a repeat MRI of the head and neck in July. I have a permanent metal retainer on ...
A: There is nothing really we can do about this, it happens all the time and it's not really worth ...
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| question about apron | 5/11/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: Sorry to bug you again. I have an additional question. I wrote to you recently about my daughter ...
A: Like I said, we try to protect the gonads since they are (just like girls' breasts) very sensitive ...
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| question about apron | 5/10/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: Sorry to bug you again. I have an additional question. I wrote to you recently about my daughter ...
A: Well, that's the reason for covering her lower abdomen with a lead apron, to protect the ovaries ...
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| x-rays | 5/9/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: My 5 year old daughter has a badly fractured elbow that is not healing right. They have done at ...
A: That's right. I meant the issue is clearly that the fracture is not healing appropriately, but ...
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| hidden twin | 5/8/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: I was just wondering the chances of the doctor missing a twin through ultrasound. He did it @ 12wks ...
A: It is very difficult, almost impossible I would say, to miss a twin at 12 weeks. By the way, I am ...
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| MRI Tattoo Question | 5/8/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: I have a large 10 year old black and grey tattoo on my lower back, andI needed to have an MRI on the ...
A: I guess there must have been some unusual unique reaction with the tattoos, MR waves and your own ...
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| T-Spine MRI Findings: | 5/7/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: Mild anterior vertebral body wedging at t7 and 8 without marrow edema or bone bruising to suggest ...
A: Vertebral hemangiomas are very common and completely incidental, unless they result in compression ...
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| facet | 5/7/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: Is there a difference between facet arthropathy and facet syndrome?
A: I never heard of facet syndrome although my best guess is that either your doctor or the radiologist ...
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| MRI Tattoo Question | 5/7/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: I have a large 10 year old black and grey tattoo on my lower back, andI needed to have an MRI on the ...
A: It is definitely possible although I'd say that most of what you experienced was actually a result ...
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| MRI Results Interpretation | 5/5/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: I cannot decipher the results. "L4-L5 and L5-S1 there is degenerative bilateral predominantly ...
A: Facet joint injections have become a popular mode of treatment and they do help most patients, it is ...
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| MRI on lumber | 5/4/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: I had a MRI done I did have a large broad base disc herniation at L-4-5 which I had surgery on last ...
A: That's what I was trying to tell you, of course some canal stenosis is very well known to cause ...
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| MRI on lumber | 5/4/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: I had a MRI done I did have a large broad base disc herniation at L-4-5 which I had surgery on last ...
A: Like I said, I can explain but I cannot decide how bad the stenosis is without looking at the ...
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| MRI Results Interpretation | 5/3/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: I cannot decipher the results. "L4-L5 and L5-S1 there is degenerative bilateral predominantly ...
A: This is all related to repetitive wear and tear on the spine, happens to all of us as we age. Do ...
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| MRI on lumber | 5/3/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: I had a MRI done I did have a large broad base disc herniation at L-4-5 which I had surgery on last ...
A: Surgery for these things is quite tricky since not all patients respond as we wish, unfortunately ...
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| Cat Scan of the abdominal and pelvic area | 5/3/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: They found a 17x13mm solitary hyodense lesionin the posterior segment right hepatic lobe.Minimal ...
A: Capsule endoscopy sounds like the best next approach, remember small bowel examination -from any ...
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| back MRI | 5/2/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: My MRI says: - L2 interosseous hemangioma - L2 Small Schmorl's node in he superior endplate - 5-mm, ...
A: At this point you need a spine surgeon since the small mass described in the report may account for ...
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| MRI questions | 5/2/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: Please decipher this for me :-). Two months after my injury, my doctor told me that these MRI ...
A: There is really no 'long-term' consequences, this is part of the normal wear and tear we all suffer ...
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| MRI questions | 5/2/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: Please decipher this for me :-). Two months after my injury, my doctor told me that these MRI ...
A: Of course they could be, certainly these findings are not related to any particular injury, they are ...
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| careers. | 5/1/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: How easy it will be to sombody to become a doctor after a radiology degree or a lab technician ...
A: I'm afraid an associate degree will not give you any of the prerequisites for medical school, I'm ...
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| liver tumor | 5/1/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: My mother had a CT which shows a 1.9 x 1.7cm nodule on left lobe of her liver, the report states it ...
A: This mass is quite small to confidently characterize with imaging but we can always try; I would ...
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| phlebolith | 4/30/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: What causes phleboliths in the abdomen, what causes the extreme pain and didcmpfort and how can they ...
A: NO, NO, NO and NO. Phleboliths are a 'who cares' finding, most of us don't even mention them; just ...
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| career choice | 4/28/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: I am looking into going to school for sonography or radiology. I am torn on the subject. The ultra ...
A: Even though I'm not a career advisor or anything of that sort, I was just talking to a friend ...
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| Ultrasound after Mammogram | 4/28/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: Had breast cancer three years ago, had physical examination which seemed fine followed by annual ...
A: Unless they found something on the mammogram or you/your doctor feel a lump in your breast, I cannot ...
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| MRI results | 4/28/2007 | Alain Ortiz |
Q: I recently had a thoracic and lumbar MRI. There was an abnormal T1 and t2 signal within the spinal ...
A: A syrinx -more common in the cervical cord- is a cystic cavity within the cord, causes are multiple ...
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