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I have a thin metal rod in my right ankle since 1984 after breaking my ankle. i am having an mri tomorrow. anything i should be concerned about?
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Not really: After 28 years it is safe to assume that the plate or rod in your ankle region has been well incorporated and will not be ripped out of your body and act as a missile. The MRI is presumably for another part of your body? Any attempt to use MRI to image the ankle would be severely degraded by artifacts from the metal. Make sure the staff at the MRI center know about all metal in your body.
Answered 6/10/2014
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