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Will an abdominal ultra sound show any tumours/cancer or other abnormalities in the abdomon?

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Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

Not all of them: Ultrasound and for that matter any other imaging test will not show all abnormalities or all cancers.

Answered 7/2/2016

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