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By Momzilla

| Jul 19, 2007

2 Comments

Osteophytes on MRIs

Hey, all!

This is just a silly question, but when my evil neuro did imaging of my lumbar and thoracic spine, I saw on the report that I have a few osteophytes , one is large and prominent (I have osteoarthritis all over my spine) in the area imaged. Is it possible for a bony protrusion like that to obscure a lesion on my spinal cord, do you think?

Just wondering in Detroit*

Tags: multiple, sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis, lesion, lumbar, neuro, Osteoarthritis, protrusion, spinal, spine, thoracic

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Quixotic1

Jul 19, 2007

To: MRI and osteophytes

No, the osteophytes will not obscure any part of the spine on an MRI. No worries. Q

Momzilla

Jul 19, 2007

To: Quix

Thanks, Quix!

Chris*

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