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Can mris work as well as cts when diagnosing chronic abdominal pain causes? i want to avoid radiation exposure, if possible?
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CT is always the baseline test for abdominal pathology, MRI being used for confirmation and/or extra detail, specifically for the hepatobiliary pancreatic axis.
Answered 4/7/2021
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