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MRI Sternoclavicular With Contrast
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Understanding MRI Sternoclavicular With Contrast
What is MRI Sternoclavicular With Contrast?
A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Right Sternoclavicular area creates a picture of the region which connects the collarbone with the breastbone at the base of the neck along with surrounding soft tissues.
This test is prescribed by the doctor to find out the presence of any spreading lesion or cancer in the collarbone or chest wall region and to diagnose degenerative diseases or trauma conditions like sternum fractures.
What is MRI Sternoclavicular With Contrast used for?
- To diagnose poor articular surfaces, fatty bone marrows of sternoclavicular joint
- To find out joint space narrowing and loss of fluid in the joint spaces of sternoclavicular joint
- To detect sternoclavicular joint hyperostosis (chronic inflammatory disorder affecting the sternoclavicular joint and upper ribs)
- To find out ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis
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