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What does lung cancer look like on a mri scan?
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See below: Usually MRI scans are only done to evaluate for brain lesions in patients with lung cancer. Often the MRI is done with contrast and the lesions are enhancing (take up the dye) on contrast scans, .
Answered 12/31/2018
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