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What does " metal artifact causes mild intrinsic cord heterogeneity comprising detection of small non-expansile cord lesion"?
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Artifact: Artifact in medicine denotes a substance that is not naturally present. In your MRI a fragment of metal obscured a portion of the image of the spinal cord making for an indeterminate conclusion about a possible lesion.
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