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Old 11-09-2007, 06:18 AM
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What you may be seeing is a difference in radiologists or interpretations. I suppose it's possible that things have improved, but it would be interesting to ask a doctor to explain the difference.

What you can do is ask the radiologist to compare against previous MRI. Yesterday, I called to speak the to radiologist to ask a question about a very unusual anomoloy on a client's MRI. He explained at length... then called the surgeon. Today, the surgeon requested more testing that will either shed light on the existing diagnosis or change the surgical plan.

Also remember that the MRI is a static image.... things can change and things can also be different in motion, than they appear on MRI.

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