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MRI Both Shoulder Joint With Contrast
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Overview
What is MRI Both Shoulder Joint With Contrast?
A Magnetic Resonance Imagining (MRI) Both Shoulder Joint with Contrast is used to visualise the shoulder joint along with the surrounding soft tissues like the tendons, ligaments, muscles and blood vessels. The contrast helps in increasing the visibility of the internal organs and hence improves the sensitivity and diagnostic accuracy of the MRI scan.
This test is prescribed by the doctor to diagnose any fracture of the bones that form the shoulder joint and to find any suspected shoulder dislocation, frozen shoulder, and arthritis of this joint.
Why is MRI Both Shoulder Joint With Contrast done?
- To diagnose any fracture of the bones that form the shoulder joint
- To look for signs or changes of osteoporosis, deformities or abnormal growth of the bones
- To diagnose any suspected shoulder dislocation, frozen shoulder, and arthritis of this joint
- To diagnose infection of the bones (osteomyelitis) and the soft tissues (abscess)
Answers to Patient Concerns & Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about MRI Both Shoulder Joint With Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions about MRI Both Shoulder Joint With Contrast
Q. What are the drawbacks of a bone X-ray?
X-ray images give a very clear view of the bones. However, it does not provide a good visual image of the soft tissues like tendons, muscles or fat tissue under the skin. Even the bone microfractures or complicated spine injuries are not clearly visible on the X Ray images. Apart from this, it also exposes the patient to some amount of radiations but the benefit of the information gained from an X-ray image outweighs the risk of radiations.
Q. Who interprets the X-ray results?
The interpretation of an X-Ray image is carried out by a radiologist who analyses or reads the X-ray image and prepares a report of the findings which is shared with the patient.
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