ENDO Messages for February, 2007: Re: MRI for endo.??

Re: MRI for endo.??

From: D (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat Feb 24 13:11:57 2007

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Sorry, but endo typically cannot be seen on an MRI. If there are deep pockets or other lesions that are large enough, they may show up, but most are not large enough. It's possible that it may reveal something that was missed at surgery, but saying that an MRI is "like opening a textbook to see endo" is an exaggeration.

MRIs are also expensive - I had pelvic and abdominal MRIs this past fall that revealed nothing, and for which my HMO paid about $4000 a piece (yet they won't send out of network to a specialist). For me the MRIs were helpful in that they ruled out other things that might have been causing my problems, but they didn't diagnose anything, either.

At Sat, 24 Feb 2007, Wendy wrote: >
>Hi everyone-
>
>I saw a new doctor this week who seems to know a lot and treat a lot of
>patients with end. He couldn't believe that I've been dealing with
>endo. for so long, and have had 2 surgeries already (with a 3rd
>pending), but yet I have never had an MRI of my pelvis. He explained
>that by doing the MRI doctors can see "hidden" implants that can't be
>seen during a laproscopy. He said the MRI is like opening a textbook to
>see Endo.
>
>I wanted to alert everyone to this. Also, I wanted to see if others
>have been treated for Endo with an MRI?? My MRI is scheduled for Monday
>so we'll see what happens.
>
>-Wendy
>
>--
>Wendy
>

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