Medical Advice on "Radiology"

I am anemic, my ESR is raised, and I feel my spleen is enlarged in chest X-ray. Kindly help me.

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Please do not worry so much that you turn hypochondriac. Worrying will bring in illness that you do not have. Just eat healthily, be happy, exercise, have good close friends & family, stay away from alcohol and s...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Padmesh Jain

Based on the MRI report, please suggest the cause and treatment for my knee swelling and pain.

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. It is a pleasure for me to help you and answer your questions. This is an excellent quality knee MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) without intravenous contrast (attachments removed to protect the patient's identity). Ther...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Ismail Kabakus

I have chronic back pain near SIJ ligament. Is this sacroiliitis?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Based on the images provided (attachments removed to protect the patient's identity) of your pelvis, I cannot see any evidence of inflammation at the sacroiliac joints at present. Minor degenerative changes are seen wh...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Varun Chaudhry

As I am allergic to Gadolinium, can an MRI without contrast help diagnose myocarditis?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. There is a lot of research going on in the evaluation of COVID (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) myocarditis. The most recent application of cardiac MRI is a late gadolinium contrast enhancement. As y...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Vivek Chail

Does a ten minute exposure to CT scan cause any serious health effect?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thanks for your query, and I hope you are doing well. A CT (computed tomography) angiogram of the head and neck is a lengthy procedure as we have to plan the pre and post-contrast sequences from upper chest to vertex. Us...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Varun Chaudhry

Based on my husband's lumbar X-ray, kindly suggest a treatment for his low back ache.

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I went through the two X-rays you have provided (attachments removed to protect the patient's identity). Adequate evaluation is limited by loads of overlapping intestinal and colonic gases; most likely, they took the X-r...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Padmesh Jain

Is the vascular mass mentioned in my transvaginal ultrasound a polyp?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. You have a radiologist responding to your query. Please begin with your details on transvaginal ultrasound and the results you got. Thanks.  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Vivek Chail

What does the ultrasound scan of my breast show?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I saw the single image of the ultrasound of the breast (Sonomammography) (attachment removed to protect the patient's identity). I am analyzing the report as per the white paper of ACR (American College of Radiology) on...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Padmesh Jain

I have wrist pain. It hurts to flex my wrist when moving it left and right. Why?

Hi,Welcome to icliniq.com.Thanks for writing to us.Sorry to hear about your wrist pain and discomfort.I hope the pain is not severe.From the picture attached (attachments removed to protect the patient's identity), we can see soft tissue inflammatory...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Vivek Chail

From the scan report, please explain the cause of my low back pain.

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. The SI joints show minimal linear hyperintensity on STIR (short TI inversion recovery) sequence (attachment removed to protect patient identity). It is mild edema and not the usual findings which are seen in inflammatory s...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Vivek Chail