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I've had mris and cts of my back, would they have shown infection, cancer, kidney problems, inflammation?

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That is a complex qu: Yes and no. Each test can help to detect some of these possible diagnoses , yet not all the time. The symptoms of each condition differ; so that helps the doctors to select the right test. Any tumors will easily show up unless it is inside the spine where MRI scan is much better test than a ct scan.

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Answered 6/10/2014

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