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Post surgery changes to the femurs bilaterally results in significant metallic susceptibility moderate size left hip effusion what does this mean?

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Dr. Michael Gabor answered

Specializes in Diagnostic Radiology

Susceptibility: artifact is an expected MRI finding if there is a prosthesis or other metallic foreign body present. It is not an abnormality itself, but a distortion of the image due to the interaction of the metal with the magnetic field, and therefore could obscure an abnormality. A hip effusion is fluid within the hip joint space and generally indicates an inflammatory process.

Answered 12/15/2015

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