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Is a head ct with contrast sufficient to rule out a brain tumor? reason i had it was head and neck pain left side for 6 months. pain still present.
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Usually: certain type of tumors can't be well visualized on CT and requires MRI, such as meningiomas, but neck pain is rarely cause of tumor in the brain. tumors can occur in the spinal cord, including the neck spinal cord, but neck pain is usually due to problems with the neck itself, such as disc or arthritis.
Answered 5/21/2016
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