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A 26-year-old female asked:
had head ct yesterday for noctural headaches. didn't hear from md yet. can i pretty much assume there's no tumors, head swelling, lesions, etc?negative?
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Dr. Marsha Davisanswered
Internal Medicine 28 years experience
Never: Assume anything. Sometimes it takes a couple of days for things to be read. I would hope something bad would have been called by the radiologist but it does not always happen that way.
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