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10/22/2013 19:15
Valerie304 
10/22/2013 19:15
Valerie304 
Re: New here.

I plan to do this thursday ! Thinks
Has anyone ales had a MRI that came back showing a mass? Not sure how DD would show up on a MRI???

Edited 10/22/13 23:44

10/22/2013 21:18
lori 
10/22/2013 21:18
lori 
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Valerie,

Below is a MRI of my hand. The image is as if my fingers are chopped off and you are looking at the end of the bones. The dark spot you see below the middle finger is a nodule You can see that is a small dark mass. I do not know what yours looks like but this might help you.

Lori

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10/22/2013 22:35
Valerie304 
10/22/2013 22:35
Valerie304 
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Thank you Lori, when i go thursday i will defiantly ask for a copy of the MRI, was a little socket they didn't show me the image. Im guessing scents he pass me to anther Dcoter, i will defiantly be asking new Docter every thing.
So lori what did you have done?

Edited 10/23/13 01:53

10/23/2013 03:14
karenhart 
10/23/2013 03:14
karenhart 
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My radiologist didn't do any imaging.

10/23/2013 12:47
Jolene 
10/23/2013 12:47
Jolene 
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Hi Lori,

Please can you explain it? I do not see what is what. Surely the round white image is not nodules. What about the black lines. Are those cords?

Edited 10/23/13 15:49

10/23/2013 13:52
humana 
10/23/2013 13:52
humana 
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What appears black or white depends on if it is a T1 or T2 weighted image. From this slice the palm is on the bottom. The larger black 'circles' directly under the corresponding white 'circles' (bone) are normal ligaments. The very thin white line is normal fibrous connective tissue. Directly under the 3rd ligament (counting the thumb as #1 on the right side) is a tiny gray spot which would be a nodule.
Hope this helps.

10/23/2013 14:33
nanshands 
10/23/2013 14:33
nanshands 
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humana:
What appears black or white depends on if it is a T1 or T2 weighted image. From this slice the palm is on the bottom. The larger black 'circles' directly under the corresponding white 'circles' (bone) are normal ligaments. The very thin white line is normal fibrous connective tissue. Directly under the 3rd ligament (counting the thumb as #1 on the right side) is a tiny gray spot which would be a nodule.
Hope this helps.

Ohh! Very interesting Lori. So I have a question. Did that tiny gray spot feel as tiny as it looks? Or a larger lump when rubbing your hand? And, I'm assuming several other cross-sections were imaged as well that showed nodules?

Thanks for the photo! Nan

10/23/2013 15:45
lori 
10/23/2013 15:45
lori 
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humana,

Thanks, I couldn't have explained it better myself. Humana...hmmmm do you work for an insurance companyor are in the medical field? I had it done 4 years ago in Charlotte, NC. No that spot on the MRI looks about the size of a pea. I have attached a photo of the nodule in my palm prior to RT. It was about the size of a nickle. I had probably 30 or more pictures of my hand. I asked Dr. Crimaldi to pick the one that best showed the nodule so I could post on this forum what it looked like.

I had an MRI because Dr. Crimaldi is a radiation oncologist and it is standard procedure for his practice. You can tell from the MRI how deep it went. Dr. Crirmaldi likes MRI's because it tells him how far and how deep to radiate.

Lori

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10/23/2013 18:19
ell 
10/23/2013 18:19
ell 
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Lori, Crimaldi didn't do an MRI on my hands, never even mentioned it. He also treated a pretty large area of both my palms so maybe he felt it wasn't necessary?

10/23/2013 18:50
lori 
10/23/2013 18:50
lori 
Re: New here.

Ellen,

Could be. I know he said it was normal procedure when he did mine. You are lucky you did not have to have one. Insurance did not pay for it and it cost $1500.00. Maybe he needed it because of the cord or he wanted it to see how deep the nodule went. Who knows? As you can see from my hand, my cord and nodule defined a rather narrow area to be treated.

Lori

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