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MRI Neck With Contrast
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Understanding MRI Neck With Contrast
What is MRI Neck With Contrast?
Neck MRIs scan the soft tissues of your neck, most often to examine recurrent pain. A dye is injected into the patient's vein for contrast MRIs, allowing a more detailed look at the neck tissues. This scan detects tumors in the bones or soft tissues, bone abnormalities, or joint disorders. Tumors and other abnormalities absorb the contrast dye, causing that area on the MRI scan to glow.
MRI scans may last up to 45 minutes on average. It's critical that one remains as motionless as possible throughout this period, or else the images may get blurry. Although no radiation is used in the scan, some people may be allergic to the contrast dye used during a contrast MRI.
What is MRI Neck With Contrast used for?
- To diagnose the cause for regualr pain, stiffness, weakness or numbness in the cervical spine/neck
- To find out the birth defects of the spine due accident, injury/trauma to the cervical spine
- To detect high level of scoliosis (sideway curve of the spine), multiple sclerosis (damaged mylein sheath cover of the spinal cord and brain nerves)
- To trace the tumors, abnormal growth or lumps in the cervical spine
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