Dr. Gerald Klein
Radiology
SATELLITE BEACH, FL
52 years experience male
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SpecialtiesDoctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Radiology
Licenses
United States: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
Languages spoken
English
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
See an orbital or ne: If visual fields are affected by a brain tumor you should immediately see a surgeon who will determine what type of therapy is available to preserve v... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Yes: treatment for colon cancer is removal unless the tumor has spread beyond the colon. Apparently your had not and so it was removed
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Depends: Did you fall or have other significant trauma. If so, x-ray probably prudent to exclude a fracture. Even if you don't remember, it sounds like you hav... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Study of kidneys and: Normally the kidneys and ureters are studied by IVP exam where contrast is injected into veins and excreted by the kidneys. Sometimes, visualizations ... Read More
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A 31-year-old male asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Yes: could have an occult or stress fracture
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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No: Cure requires either surgical excision if possible or radiation and/or chemo if not
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
No: No MRI depending on the sequences done, will pick up abnormalities which have occurred a few minutes earlier. I assume that your doctor was looking fo... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Need more info: In a normal pregnancy fetal pole visible at about 5.5 to 6 weeks. Absence of fetal pole at 7 weeks problematic. You do not indicate whether fetal pole... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
See your doctor: Fluttering in your chest may be caused by a cardiac arrythmia. Holter monitoring for 24 to 48 hrs will show this. You don't indicate how often this oc... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Possible, not likely: You don't indicate how long the lump has been present or how well defined it is. Can you feel its margins distinctly or is it vaguely defined. In any... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
How old an ionjury: You don't indicate whether this is an acute, subacute or old injury. If this is symptomatic, treatment will probably require either surgical repair or... Read More
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A 47-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Need to view films: Normal and abnormal shadows are present on an x-ray. Actual viewing of films required to evaluate.
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A 48-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Stone is made of cal: Stones are made of a variety of chemical compounds. Most have calcium within them which makes them bright on an x-ray. The more calcium or the larger ... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
No anatomic abnormal: Don't understand your question completely but an hsg only shows patency of tubes which are required in order to get pregnant normally. I assume that y... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
20 week: 20 week study more accurate for fetal anatomy and structure. Both studies equally accurate for viability.
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
See a gynecologist: sounds like vaginitis, possibly candida or less likely bacterial. He can do a culture and recommend appropriate treatment
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A 51-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Amount of pleura thi: diffuise pleural thickeneing involves most opf the pleural surface of both lungs. Focal plearal thickening is localized.
Diffuse pleural thickening ca... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Yes: Bone scan radioisotope excreted by kidneys. Photopenic areas (white spots) in kidneys suggest a space occupying lesion which is blocking normal excret... Read More
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A 40-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Not because of CT: A CT of the abdomen will not affect ones period. Other etiologies must be considered and excluded: most likely hormonal. Pregnancy also not excluded
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Radiology 52 years experience
Ok to do: Amount of radiation from single lat view of neck not significant in the overall course of things. Enlarged adenoids may produce symptoms requiring tre... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
See below: Skeletal survey usually includes skull, entire spine, hips and pelvis, upper and lower extremities excluding hands and feet, and sometimes rib films.
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A 47-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Not necessarily: You indicate that the us showed swollen lymph nodes but you don't say how large they were or whether they had normal appearing anatomy. The red and bl... Read More
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A 43-year-old male asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Chronic inflamation: Cystitis is by definition an inflammation/infection of the bladder. Chronic cystitis is just what it says, a long term inflammation which has resulted... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
A few days: Assuming the causative organism is susceptible to Ceftin (cefuroxime) (determined by culture) and the dose is adequate and the patient takes the medi... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Yes: If they pay for it or buy special insurance that pays for care outside of canada.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Yes, it is possible: Us does not tell you the date you conceived but rather the estimated age of the fetus (pregnancy). Of course, you can figure backwards from the age of... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Unlikely kidney ston: Kidney stone pain usually on one side / doe not switch sides unless bilateral stones. Pain usually doesn't go away after few seconds. Suggest x-ray of... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Unlikely: Your endometrial stripe is normal thickness. At 7 weeks, a gestational sac, fetal pole and fetal heartbeat should be detectable. It is possible that y... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Check with dermatolo: You don't indicate what kind of cancer; basal, squamous or melanoma, nor how long you've been waiting for surgery. Best thing to do is let dermatolog... Read More
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Radiology 52 years experience
Not very aggressive: Glioma is a type of brain tumor. they can be fast growing/highly aggressive/ high grade all the way to slow growing/ low grade. Its a scale indicating... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
See your doctor: Symptoms sound like supervening infection may need either topical or systemic antibiotics. See your doctor.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Ask the Doctor who o: Ask the doctor who ordered it to explain the results to you. If he cannot, ask the radiologist who read it to explain the result to you.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
It can be: Depends on exactly where the tumor is located. If it is on one side, it will produce symptoms on the opposite side of the body. If it is near the midl... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
See endocrinologist: Who ordered the US? usually nodules are not painful unless infectious in etiology. Ask your doctor what he thinks or see an endocrinologist.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Something close to t: Bright red blood usually indicates bleeding close to the anus vs, further up in the colon where the stool would look black. Common causes include hemm... Read More
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Radiology 52 years experience
Probably: Best imaging test to diagnose injured tendons and ligaments is mri. Your doctor may think that knowing for sure what the injury is will not change his... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Low: Subchorionic bleeds are not uncommon in early pregnancy especially small ones. Suggest you get this followed to make sure you don't have a rebleed (th... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Intestinal muscle is: The muscle in the intestinal wall is smooth muscle as distinguished from striated muscle such as the big muscles in your arms and legs. Often with div... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
No: Most will send you either to a hospital or imaging center for this test. The test is read byt a radiologist although your ENT may look at it himself.
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Yes: You stae you are on antibiotics but hasve no infection yet it sound kike you are having symptoms of either cystitis and/or urethritis. If these sympto... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Not uncommon: Can occur as 10 weeks is early in the pregnancy.
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Radiology 52 years experience
Not from an ordinary: Sounds like you had an MRI arthrogram. Injecting contrast in joint may cause some pain from the injection, needle stick, or joint distension. Shold on... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Worrisome: Normally a fetal heatbeat can be detected by a good machine at about 5 weeks. Sometimes technical difficulties make this harder. The absence od a hear... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
What do you mean by: What do you mean by spot. I assume you are speaking about a density in the sternum (breast bone) Usually this represents a benign bone island unless t... Read More
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Radiology 52 years experience
Eye and lung doctor: Ophthalmologist for the eyes and Pulmonologist for the lungs
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Radiology 52 years experience
Yes: simple cysts can bleed within them a become complex or rarely become infected. Truly simple cysts don't turn into cancer however. A large enough cyst ... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Gp or internist: Start with a general practitioner( or family practitioner) or internist. They can direct you to any specialist you might need
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Radiology 52 years experience
Yes: Any measurement greater than 5 cm generally considered enlarged.
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Radiology 52 years experience
Either could be: Ultrasound is not accurate to the exact day but to a range of dates. It cannot distinguish a 3 day difference in age.
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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Radiology 52 years experience
Several ways: Stones can be removed surgically or sometimes through a scope. They can also be pulverized by ultrasound waves (eswl) if they are large enough. Then s... Read More
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Dr. Klein is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Dr. Klein is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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This made me feel good. Thanks! Thank you, thank you so much! I don’t want to disrespect the doctor’s wait time, but I was terrified. This gives me a lot of hope. Thank you.
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Im having same issue. Pyridium & Bactrim hav done nothing for my UTI
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Thanks for your quick reply! Neurologist was thinking aboutMS.He send me to MScentre.yes contrast
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, PA
Graduated 1971MD
Residency
ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER
Completed 1975
Awards
Thought Leader, Third Place, the Orlando Region - Spring
2017
Top Doctor, Third Place, the Orlando Region - Spring
2017
Top Radiologist, Second Place, Florida - Spring
2017
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