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First mri shows cervical foraminal narrowing; the second, one year later, by different md makes no mention of it.do i need a 3rd mri to confirm or not?
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No: This is a fairly common "finding" on mri, if your symptoms have not changed or if surgery is not being planned at that level this is really not an issue.
Answered 1/22/2017
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