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A 20-year-old male asked:
Can a cat scan show inflammation in the brain?
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A Verified Doctoranswered
59 years experience
Yes, : Ct scan or MRI without or with contrast will basically discover everything lurking in the brain.
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Internal Medicine 33 years experience
If done with: With contrast , it can show inflammation . However , MRI might be the best for this purpose.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
What is a cat scan of the brain used for?
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Dr. Bennett Machanicanswered
Neurology 53 years experience
Fast brain study: Cat scanning is used often to check for acute brain problems such as tumors, bleeding, skull fractures, sinus infections, looking for larger obvious pathology to make a rapid determination of the need for immediate intervention, and provides better views of bone and sinuses than MRI (which is better to see strokes or ms lesions).
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Last updated Jan 29, 2022
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