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More from the MRI apparently

My doc told me about the seminal vesicle (insert bad joke here) - but apparently this last piece of the MRI never got posted. And I can tell you the right iliac crest is killin me today.  (true fact though I had to google half this crap again).  My orginial doc does not believe the large lumpkin is a lymph because it creepily soft and floating which is not the way a lymph will be.  Hope the get it out and biopsy soooooooon. EXAMINATION: MRI PELVIS W WO CONTRAST CLINICAL HISTORY: R22.40 Localized swelling mass and lump unspecified lower limb, To evaluate soft tissue mass TECHNIQUE: Multiplanar multisequence MR images of the pelvis were obtained pre- and post intravenous administration of Gadolinium. COMPARISON: No prior  IMPRESSION: 1. Extensive osseous metastatic disease of the pelvis, sacrum and proximal femurs is noted. There is a large lesion in the anterior right iliac crest with large soft tissue component. 2. Enlarged inguinal lymph nodes the larg...

The MRI

A couple of people on the team said - what is it - hard to describe without the diagnosis so here is what the MRI peeps said.  My Doc warned me that reading it sounds like I am done - but that's their job.  Main positives are the fact they aren't screwing up bones and such and the brain is not affected.  Woo hoo - I have spent a lot of time cutting and pasting words into the google to figure it out So here it is: EXAMINATION: MRI THORACIC SPINE WO CONTRAST CLINICAL HISTORY: M54.2 Cervicalgia, M54.12 Radiculopathy cervical region, neck pain radiating to left upper extremity COMPARISON: None. Frontal and lateral views of the thoracic spine were obtained. FINDINGS: There is a metastatic lesion in the posterior T2 vertebral body measuring 1.4 cm. There is some enhancement in the bilateral T3 rib head regions and extension to the facets. There is another metastatic lesion at T4 measuring 14 mm. These are both confined to the vertebral bodies without extraosseous e...