Does Fat Stranding on CT Mean Surgery is Needed?
Fat stranding on CT means that the normally dark fat becomes lighter and dirtier looking. Fat stranding on CT can be an important indicator of inflammatory change around an organ…
General Imaging
Fat Stranding On CT
Fat stranding on CT describes the fat next to a structure looking lighter and dirtier than the usual homogeneous dark gray found throughout the body. Often fat stranding on…
Can A PET Scan Detect Cancer?
A PET scan is done after injecting a radioactive drug into your vein. A PET scan shows the metabolic activity of various tissues and abnormalities throughout the body. Many…
Extravasation
Extravasation is a commonly used term by radiologists to indicate that blood is going outside a blood vessel. It is also used in a more general way to denote that…
Filling Defect
A common term used by radiologists across all different types of tests is a filling defect. This means that there is something inside a lumen that prevents normal filling. A…
Foreign Body on X-ray
Foreign body on X-ray means that the radiologist is seeing something that does not belong in the body. Foreign body is something that comes from the outside and ends up…
What Is A Chronic Finding On Imaging?
The phrase chronic finding is sometimes used by radiologists to indicate that a finding on an imaging test has been present for some time. This may mean that a finding…
Stat Exam Order
Your doctor may have ordered your exam stat instead of routine. This means that the test will be done as soon as possible and also read quicker then the routine…
Normal Variant on X-ray
A normal variant on X-ray is an unusual appearance of normal anatomy. The significance of this is that this may mimic abnormality and result in unnecessary testing and treatment. Normal…
Follow Up Study Recommended for Abnormality on Imaging
Follow up is a very common recommendation by the radiologist on many types of imaging studies. To me, an abnormality that needs follow up is not clearly benign or malignant…
Will Breast Sentinel Node Injection Hurt?
Breast sentinel lymph node injections are commonly done before surgery for breast cancer. The sentinel lymph node injection allows the surgeon to limit the amount of surgery to the sentinel…
Call Back For MRI
I mean when you have an MRI exam and then get a call from the hospital to either repeat part of the exam or the entire study. This happens commonly…