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A 39-year old female asked:
Can the vaccine pfizer covid cause thrombosis because I am born with one nternal carotid artery and I have collateral perfusion (willis circle) in the brain? 40 years old?
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A 43-year old asked:
When is heart disease supposed to cause poor cerebral perfusion?
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A 53-year old male asked:
Myocardial perfusion pet stress test with persantine had caffiene within 24 hours of test ?
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A 62-year old male asked:
Good afternoon doctors. My friend (60+ female) is being evaluated at the emergency room for an brain aneurysm What does the evaluation consist of? Will she need surgery? How long and what is involved in the aneurysm recovery?
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A 43-year old asked:
My cardiologist ordered a myocardial perfusion pet stress test with persantine, so what is it?
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A 30-year old female asked:
What would be d CSF test evaluation values that indicates and confirms brain metastatic cancer.please explain in detail sir.
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A 49-year old female asked:
Incidental finding of Cerebellar Tonsillar Ectopia on brain mri . Is this something to be worried about? the rest of mri was normal. Do I need evaluation?
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A 42-year old male asked about a 55-year old male:
mri:ncmr and cemr brain evaluation reveals hyperintense lesion in the lateral ventricle with solitary metastasis to the brain" is this cancer?Thanks.
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A 21-year old female asked:
How do u get a full evaluation of the brain, heart, blood? I'm getting very lightheaded & has had mri&ct 6mths ago normal. & had a full blood work up!
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A 60-year old male asked:
Why are the differences among diabetic pappilopathy, diabetic maculopathy, pappiloedema, and diabetic retinopathy? My friend has swollen optic disc. Dr. says due to diabetes, but wants neuro-ophthalmologist evaluation. Could there be a brain tumor?
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A 52-year old asked:
Is a pet scan of the brain accurate?
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A 39-year old asked:
Does a whole body pet scan show the brain?
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A 35-year old asked:
When a whole pet scan is taken can they see the brain?
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A 45-year old asked:
What is a pet/ct fdg 18 test on the brain?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Does the brain also appear when doctors conduct a whole body pet scan?
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A 55-year old male asked:
A recent pets can revealed that an 82 year old has significant brain loss and the brain is about 29% functioning. Is that normal for that age?
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A 43-year old asked:
Pet/ct fdg 18 test on the brain, what does this mean?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Does spect scan or Pet scan always diagnosis drugs Neurotoxicity to the brain ?
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A 32-year old male asked:
How can I ask for an MRI or PET scan to see if there are any anomalies in my brain?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Is there a way to check dopamine levels in the brain? Would a pet scan be of any benefit?
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A 56-year old male asked:
Are there distinct and separate testing requirements for PET brain scans, or is it a "one size fits all" situation where a single PET scan is used to test all neurological conditions?
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A 42-year old asked:
What does the pet/ct scan of the brain tell you?
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A female asked:
I have depression all my life .Can i ask doctor for pet scan at the brain?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Brain pet scan no metabolic activity means no cancer of brain or no cancer anywhere in my body? Does this also mean no inflammation, hypometabolism?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Got13small inactive demyelinations in the brain.Neurologists said not ms-demyelinations disposed different.Is pet scan enough to confirm or infirm ms?
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A 74-year old female asked:
Symmetrical FDG activity in cortical and subcortical white matter. Does this mean metastases or normal brain Pet scan - has Mantle Cell lymphoma?
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A 25-year old male asked:
I am thinking, can fdg-18 that is used for a pet/ct of your brain, cause muscle burning? I can trace it back to that point where it started. Any possibility?
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A female asked:
Brain mass? If a pet scan slide of the head and neck that shows the scalp i.E. The brain, what do three circles mean with ctac 3.75 thick next to it mean as an annotation. Is this a brain slide of 3 d dimensions or three separate tumors? I suppose you kn
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A 64-year old male asked about a 65-year old male:
Which imaging test is better in diagnosing Alzheimer or dementias in a 64 year old men: brain pet scan or brain mri/mra?
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A 53-year old female asked:
Life expectancy for lung cancer gone to brain. Pet scan shows no other cancer now, only 1 tumor on brain. Surgery and whole brsin radiation will be?
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