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I had a ct scan of my neck and the one result i just don't understand. it reads as follows "lymph nodes present which is homogeneous in attenuation an?

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Dr. Michael Gabor answered

Specializes in Diagnostic Radiology

Looks like your: question got cut off. "Homogeneous attenuation" essentially means that there is uniform density of the structure. Normal or abnormal lymph nodes can have homogeneous attenuation, so that characteristic by itself doesn't determine whether the node is abnormal.

Answered 3/12/2020

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