American Medical Association Family Medical Guide by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Published: 2011-01-25T10:00:00+00:00

Diagnosis

To diagnose a spinal cord tumor, your doctor will perform a thorough physical examination and may refer you to a neurologist (a doctor who specializes in disorders of the nervous system). The neurologist will order an MRI (see page 113) and may perform a procedure called myelography, in which a contrast medium (dye) that can be seen on X-rays is injected into the cerebrospinal fluid (the liquid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord) to highlight the areas of obstruction, such as a tumor, in the spinal cord. While performing the myelograph, the neurologist may take a sample of cerebrospinal fluid from your spine to look for cancer cells.

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