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What Does This MRI Report Mean?
WHAT DOES (THERE IS A DIFFUSE HETEROGENEOURS SIGNAL INTENSITY OF THE LUMBAR, LOWER THORACIC, AND SACRAL BONE MARROW , CONCERNING FOR MARROW INFILTRATIONS. SIMILAR SIGANL CHANGE IS IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE VISUALIZED PELVIS. mETASTATIC DISEASE AN MYELOMA ARE THE DIAGNOSES OF EXCLUSION. MEAN
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Heterogeneous means that there are light and dark areas that show up on the MRI. Usually the appearance of bone is uniform, not spotty like this. When bone shows up spotty on MRI like this it often means that there is some kind of cancer going on. The only way to know for sure is to get a bone marrow biopsy. Please get this done as soon as possible.
Dr. Robinson
Heterogeneous means that there are light and dark areas that show up on the MRI. Usually the appearance of bone is uniform, not spotty like this. When bone shows up spotty on MRI like this it often means that there is some kind of cancer going on. The only way to know for sure is to get a bone marrow biopsy. Please get this done as soon as possible.
Dr. Robinson
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