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| 5/24/2011 | hi lily sorry i wrote to u last week i told u i went for my mri everything was fine , now i got a called and my surgeon wants to see me because the radioligst saying he is seeing a shadow and i have to get an ultrasond but i dont understand i had it done last week and the surgeon read it and he said everything is ok its on the left breast not where i got operated in my right but my surgeon read it again and he says he doesnt see nothing but the radiolist wants me to go again for ultrasond maybe a biopsy i am worried pls get back to me thank u u will get compesate i no i do sent u donation than ku what do they mean a shadowxxxxx | ||
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| 5/24/2011 | Sorry to hear you are up and down with this. It is important to go back for the targeted ultrasound, where the area in question will be looked at very closely and methodically by ultrasound. MRI's are very good 'tools', but they can also see things that are 'false positives'...shows an area of concern but is nothing. Try not to worry, and best wishes to you. | ||
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