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Re: MRI for endo.??
From: Jenny (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Feb 25 07:34:48 2007
If we could see endo in an MRI missed by a lap, why wouldn't we all be
having MRI's instead of laparoscories? I agree with D; MRI's are not
used to detect teeny peices of endo that are missed in a lap. I had one
done last week not to look for endo per se, but to see if there was
anything else going on that could be aggitating that area even worse. My
pain specialist ordered it to investige if something else could be wrong
on top of the endo.
~Jenny
At Sat, 24 Feb 2007, D wrote:
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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:
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>>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
>>
>--
>Find an endo specialist in the ERC's EndoDocs group:
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EndoDocs/
>
>Try an excellent endo support group:
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/erc/
>
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