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Radiology
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. William Nymananswered
Radiology 40 years experience
Multiple things: "spots" on the liver on a ct scan can be numerous things, most of which are benign. The most common things are simple cysts or a
benign vascular lesio... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Little or none: Asbestos exposure has no specific immediate effects.
Asbestosis is the disease some can get long after (usually decades) inhalation of asbestos dust.... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Yes: You can injure your brain from a significant impact with a car, even with a good driver.
Post traumatic brain injury can have many varied outcomes dep... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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No: Dislocation may always be a risk. You will need to be evaluated
by your orthopedic surgeon before participating in any sport.
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A member asked:
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Yes: Abdominal cat scan is an often used and very helpful tool in diagnosis.
It is a common exam to rapidly evaluate emergency center patients. You receive... Read More
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A member asked:
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Radiology 40 years experience
It is not uncommon: Non contrast cts of the abdomen and pelvis are most commonly used in the ec for patients with suspected kidney stones.
This is also done in the outpat... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Not necessarily: Red blood on the toilet is not uncommon occasionally and can be caused by things such as a tiny anal erosion or fissure(especially with constipation) ... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Many: Esophagram is usually involved in the initial diagnosis.Endoscopy is also common in the initial workup of symptoms and also has the advantage being a... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Not necessarily: Pain and imagining anatomy do not always coincide.
Patients with very similar anatomy may have very different symptoms. Functional imaging may be more... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Radiology 40 years experience
Bottle feeding: Baby is placed on the flouroscopy table, shielded and fed liquid barium while the radiologist watches using short sequences of imaging.
If no reflux i... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Depends: The answer depends on: where, how bad, cause of the bleed.
Bleeding can be relatively minor to quite serious.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Radiology 40 years experience
Yes: Bronchitis is not often detectable on a chest x-ray.
This test is performed to rule out an associated pneumonia or other underlying lung issues which ... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. William Nymananswered
Radiology 40 years experience
You may: A small percentage of patients will get a pneumothorax ( air around the lung) during a lung biopsy. Of these only a small percent would need any treat... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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It is uncomfortable: Most patients tolerate the procedure very well. I think younger patients fare better.
There is much turning and rolling during the procedure to coat ... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Yes, but..: A stainless steel plate for fracture repair will affect imaging of that specific area. Some people can have sensations when getting the exam but most ... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. William Nymananswered
Radiology 40 years experience
Not necessarily: A pars defect is a fracture(old or new) through a portion of a vertebrae that is a part of the posterior joints of the vertebrae, usually lumbar.
Som... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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It can aggravate it: Prolonged sitting and cramped seating can definitely aggravate a hip bursitis and sacral problems. More importantly it also increases risk for develop... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Flowing blood: It seems you saw the screen during an ultrasound. One of the functions uses doppler analysis to determine blood flow. Flow is indicated by color on t... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Abnormals labs?: The most common reasons for liver ultrasound is abnormal liver function tests or abdominal pain.
During this exam the gallbladder, bile ducts and pa... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Kidney appearance: Renal cortex has a typical appearance on ultrasound. It is normally less echo dense than the nearby liver.
Increased renal cortex echogenicity can b... Read More
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A 45-year-old female asked:
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Possible,not likely: It depends on tumor type, size and location.
Leg pain(radiculopathy) from the back comes from the same side as the lesion.
A tumor that has encroach... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Soft tissue injury: There are many tendons and ligaments in the foot and ankle. They can be strained or torn but this is not seen on an x-ray unless there is an associate... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Radiology 40 years experience
Yes but,: Intercourse will not change findings on a transvaginal ultrasound.
As far as sex "right before", you may want to consider it similar to you going to ... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Not high risk: Repeated ct scans do accumulate a moderate radiation dose to the area examined. There is some small increase in risk for radiation induced tumor. This... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 40 years experience
Usually not: Most nodules or lumps in the axilla are lymph nodes which may enlarge for many reasons.
If it is new it should be followed. Another type of lump can... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 40 years experience
Generally no: A functioning vp shunt runs under your skin from you scalp to just the upper abdomen and empties into the peritoneal space in your abdomen.
Shunt tu... Read More
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A 39-year-old male asked:
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MRI is noisy: The machine is quite noisy inside and ear protection is necessary .
In addition to the special headphones which isolate much of the noise and provide... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 40 years experience
No: Essentially all ct now is spiral.
High resolution ct of the chest is
a special ... Read More
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A 49-year-old male asked:
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Depends: It will depend where you have it done. Charges are greater at a hospital based imaging center than they are in a free standing center. Where you live ... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Not necessarily: A clear chest xray is a good thing but, but it is not 100 percent accurate.
Small tumors in the mediastinum and more central chest sometimes cannot b... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Depends: A benign liver cyst can be very straight forward to diagnose on a ct, if it is water density on ct measurement, uncomplicated with no internal septati... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Depends: Patients on oral diabetic medicine should withhold there medication if they are given IV contrast until they have their renal function evaluated after... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
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Normal,abnormal : Homogeneous uptake in the liver is normal.
10 % ejection fraction is low. It suggests a poorly functioning gallbladder. It should be greater than 30... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Probably not: If the exam was uneventful and the pain is in the wrist joint, no.
It is possible though rare to get a phlebitis in a vein after an IV injection but ... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Possibly: The larger vessels entering the crainum are often and well evaluated by mr angiography. As these vessel branch and travel to the brain matter they ge... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Radiology 40 years experience
Not necessarily: Cystic hygroma is a congenital condition that can have a wide range of consequences. These are mainly anatomic and can be mild to severe. Can be surgi... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Radiology 40 years experience
Yes, both: Pelvic ultrasound is by far the most common way to evaluate the endometrium.
Mri can also evaluate the endometrium but is a much more involved and exp... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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No iodine bone scan: Nuclear medicine bone scans are performed using a radionuclide called tc 99m mdp. It is a radioactive particle tagged to a molecule involved in bone ... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Yes: Yes
if you tend to be constipated , drinking plenty of just plain water is helpful.
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A 55-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 40 years experience
If you dont stop: Continuing to smoke , particularly at your rate virtually guarantees you will eventually adversely affected by it. Vascular disease can lead to stroke... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Probably not but...: A palpable tender cord on the inside of the leg is more likely superficial thrombophlebitis. It's less serious, but calf pain and leg swelling are con... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Radiology 40 years experience
Depends: Difficutly in breathing can vary significantly depending on: degree of collapse or how much functional lung is compromised. How functional the rema... Read More
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A 43-year-old female asked:
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Depends: If your meniscal root is actually torn and displaced in an otherwise normal knee, it should be repaired. Question arises whether it is actually torn(r... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Depends: It depends on the severity, frequency as well as the when and how.
What makes it better or worse. One leg, both legs. Is it associated with swelling? ... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Yes but..: You can always cancel but, you may not have too.
Most centers have some flexibility if you do.
The purpose of the exam determines if you should go ah... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Chest xray or ct: Pneumomediastinum is air in the central chest near the heart and great vessels . It can spread into the neck soft tissues.It can come from the lung, a... Read More
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Would not worry: Bad health habits can't really be a cause of a brain tumor.
The closest i can think of would be to get a smoking related cancer and have brain metasta... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Chest Xray: A simple 2 view chest xray is the best place to start.
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A 27-year-old member asked:
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Yes: It could be inhaled and cause choking.
Sugared cough drops would be bad for you teeth causing decay or weakening the enamel.
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Radiology 40 years experience
As it states: The brain is a very vascular organ with many veins and arteries.
Bleeding inside or around the brain can be from: blunt or penetrating trauma(shearing... Read More
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Thank you. The pain is actually more in the vein itself, going from the injection site to a few inches above that. it hurts most when pressure is applied.
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Yes he does have bone metastatic. I need to be worried right?
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! That's what I thought thank you
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, MI
Graduated 1983MD
Residency
WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL
Awards
Top Radiologist, Second Place, Georgia - Summer
2013
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