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A 52-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
That is good for you: Many people develop cysts in their livers over the course of their lifetime. A true liver cyst is benign and is no cause for worry: it is an "incident... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
No BIG deal: So long as you and your partner are satisfied with your performance, there is no reason to worry. Stop measuring and enjoy.
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A 59-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Contrast CT?: If your ct scan was done without contrast, it may be difficult to accurately measure the size of nodes, as they can blend into surrounding structures.... Read More
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A 53-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
See pulmonologist: While most cases of emphysema, or copd, are caused by smoking, there are other possible risk factors: see the following link for details http://www.H... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Yes: Spontaneous pneumomediastinum or macklin's phenomenon is a benign, if poorly understood entity. There is no known single cause or treatment, and flyin... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Unlikely: Using an obstetrical calculator, if the sonographic estimated due date is july 28, 2014, then your estimated date of conception was nov 4, 2013, all o... Read More
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A 63-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Qualified yes: It needs to be performed by a pediatric radiologist or a radiologist who has a lot of experience in doing these studies on infants. Ask to know the ba... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Need biopsy: If your enzymes have been elevated for a long period of time, the only definitive test is a liver biopsy, performed either under ultrasound or ct. It ... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Takes time: Rib fractures will heal on their own over time, but they are painful. She needs to be encouraged to ambulate and to try to breathe as normally as she ... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Yes: Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory condition that can involve multiple organ symptoms, not just the lungs. It can involve the liver and small bowel. Lung ... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Not likely: Considering their healthy mediterranean diets, their strenuous physical activities, and their likely relatively early deaths from their chosen profess... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Unlikely: You may have an std, prostatitis, or epididymis, or even cystitis, but testicular cancer is very unlikely. Finish your course of antibiotics. If you s... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Shouldn't happen: If i understand your question, a 13 week ultrasound of a fetus should be very different from a 9 week ultrasound. The crown-rump length of the fetal p... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Depends on size: Many patients who undergo a ct scan of the chest will have small or medium size nodules that are non-specific. A radiologist will document the size, a... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Inflammation: Ground glass shadow on ct scan usually means an inflammatory process which could be infectious or could be related to interstitial lung disease, of wh... Read More
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A 63-year-old male asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
You need a diagnosis: Diffuse bowel wall thickening in the rectosigmoid can be caused by diverticulosis, which is benign. It can be caused by inflammation (colitis) or isch... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Why are you worried: See a physician right away. A venous ultrasound exam will be definitive.
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A 54-year-old male asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
All are useful: Ct angiogram is non-invasive and takes only a few minutes in a ct scanner. It is an accurate screening test to detect blockages. If you are talking ab... Read More
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A 38-year-old male asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Temporal arteritis: Do you feel a pulsing sensation over your left temple. An ultrasound exam of your temporal artery can determine if you have a condition called tempora... Read More
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A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Likely a virus: Viral upper respiratory tract infections are very common right now, more common than the flu that is in the news. This virus affects the upper respira... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Minimal: You didn't say if you are female or male or what part if your body was scanned. Radiation to the thyroid area, breasts, eyes, or ovaries if repeated m... Read More
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A 43-year-old male asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
No: Do you have a strong family history of cancer or aneurysms? There is no such test as a full body mri, i think you are referring to a total body ct sc... Read More
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A 40-year-old male asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Try 2nd opinion: Calcified nodules are a relatively simple diagnosis either by chest x-ray, or even more reliably, by ct scan. If you have any doubts, get a referral t... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Why the bone scan: Bone scans are done to evaluate for bone tumors, bone metastasis , infection, and occult fractures such as stress fractures. The study will often be m... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Yes, but: Best practice would be to shield your genitals anytime you receive an x-ray or ct scan. The radiation dose is small, but accumulative over your lifeti... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Yes: Unprotected sex prior to an expected period can lead to a pregnancy. You should try a home pregnancy test if your period is more than 10 days or 2 wee... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Should be ok: If you are truthful about your smoking history you should not have long lasting damage. If you smoked only a half pack/day for 8 years you are conside... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Ultrasound: Doppler ultrasound is the most common diagnostic technique to evaluate the flow within vessels, and is a very quick, accurate, and painless examinatio... Read More
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A 40-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Many things: The negative ct scan has eliminated many disorders such as kidney stones, pancreatitis, abscesses, or intra-abdominal bleeding. There are many other p... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Self exam: You can examine your testicles by lightly running your fingers over each one. If you begin to feel a lump or a swollen testicle you should see a urolo... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
No: Unless you have familial history of disorders that predispose to colon cancer, such as familial polyposis and other related disorders there is no reas... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Don't worry: The findings you describe are not related to your accident but likely reflect a condition common to all bipeds, degeneration of the discs that act as ... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Trauma to urethra: If this was a straddle injury, there is likely trauma to the urethrea or possibly the bladder. As long as you can continue to urinate without pain, it... Read More
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A 61-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Needs follow up : If you are referring to an issue that is already 5 years old, i would just get a chest x-ray for comparison. If there is no change, a yearly chest x-r... Read More
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A 54-year-old male asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Be Happy!: Most gallbladder problems are caused by stones and inflammation. There are other disorders that can cause gallbladder symptoms and these might be iden... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Slim: If your periods have been regular, and the only sex you had was just before your next regular period, the likelihood of becoming pregnant is small. It... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Likely nothing: The old protocols for a ct scan with contrast stated that there should be nothing by mouth 4 hours prior to the study. The rationale was to prevent vo... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Evaluate kidney size: It is important to evaluate the kidneys to identify causes that can be easily fixed. If one kidney is markedly smaller than the other, it may be produ... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Basically no: Unless you have a bruit, or a noise that the doctor can hear with his stethoscope over your neck, and if you are sure that you have no plaque elsewher... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
A screening test: The earliest sign of a stoke on a ct scan is edema or swelling of the part of the brain that had the stroke. It may take several hours for this to sho... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Non-surgical repair: If the location of a CSF leak is determined by diagnostic testing, ct guidance can be used to inject a fibrin "glue" directly into the dural leak to s... Read More
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A 40-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Not likely: Radiologists usually qualitatively describe the size of the heart as normal, borderline enlarged, or enlarged (mildly, moderately, markedly). This giv... Read More
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A 47-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Can be saved: If the stone can be removed before more damage occurs to the kidney, it is likely that you will regain more function in that kidney. You can be tested... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Depends on symptoms: Are you being evaluated for digestive problems such as bloating after meals? Sma syndrome often occurs in people who have undergone rapid weight loss ... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Testicular exam: If your kidney stone has not dropped into your ureter, it is unlikely that this is the cause of your problem. Seek out a urologist to have a thorough ... Read More
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A 59-year-old male asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Symantics: Your physician may have specifically asked the question "is there an aneurysm?" the correct response of the radiologist is to answer the question dire... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Need a Diagnosis: Steroids (prednisone) reduce inflammation and thereby alleviate the pain caused by inflammation, but it is not a cure. You need to have additional ev... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Yes: Do you have a family history of colon cancer. If so, do not rely on a ct scan, as cancerous lesions could be missed unless you have a ct colonography,... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Not serious: Sounds like you may have stretched or strained one of the muscles between your ribs or the attachment of your ribs to your breastbone. Usually over th... Read More
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A 38-year-old male asked:
Dr. Edward Druyanswered
Radiology 55 years experience
Not serious: A 2 mm kidney stone should not be a serious problem. Even if it drops into your ureter, you will pass it very shortly. The important thing is to try t... Read More
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Dr. Druy is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Dr. Druy is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thanks for your quick reply! I m home n have had it for a week. It is very annoying. Is it safe to have it at home. I will get a nurse on Monday. N thank you for your an
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Thank u so much for your reply.she is doing the vaginal ultrasound because i have the iud recently in my uterus....but is it a good reason?
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! I have been quiet tense as x ray showed cyst in diaphragm after that I got ct scan done
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Yale University School of Medicine, CT
Graduated 1968MD
Awards
Thought Leader, Third Place, Baltimore, MD - Winter
2013
Top Radiologist, First Place, Maryland - Winter
2013
Top Radiologist, First Place, Maryland - Summer
2013
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