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7mm bone island at the t7 bone marrow with pain radiating to the ribs, i am worried it could be serious the rad said likely bone island?

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Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman answered

No worries: Bone islands are a radiology finding but don’t have any clinical correlation.

Answered 4/9/2018

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