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Just had mri of brain due to headaches, dizziness, other neuro, plus nausea. was normal. can i trust radiologist to spot everything? thick csf later!

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Dr. Anthony Filly answered

Specializes in Radiology

Hopefully: Hopefully your doc sent you to a radiologist that he/she trusts to see what he/she wants to exclude. The MRI should be very good at ruling out significantly dangerous structural problems in the brain. Not sure what you mean by thick CSF later.

Answered 2/26/2015

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MRI normal: Short answer, yes. What many people don't realize is that imaging studies predominately look at anatomy, not function. If a process does not change the structure, or cause inflammation, it cannot be seen on any test. We do imaging studies to make sure that there is not a tumor or other macroscopic change (infection, ms) that is causing symptoms.

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