can a plain xray diagnose brain tumor

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shaggy DA

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Posted: 18 years ago

not exactly .you need MRI (even CT scans arent good enough)

So let see what happens to Samay . ..

The Medicine in India is fairly advanced .....but the writers of a serial never consult an MD and incorporate the most ludicrous medical treatments and outcomes in the story lines ..

I wish they would use this medium to educate public as well as entertain (shows like ER,greys anatomy,CSI ,Crossing Jordon, even we docs learn a trick or two )

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Misfit_

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Posted: 18 years ago

hahahaha, man I was wondering the same thing?

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simran1285

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Posted: 18 years ago

I agree MRI, CT scans, EKG's are the one that can depict a tumor sometimes depeding on where the tumor is and how small it is even they can't help, an ex-ray sounds so silly as it's not a broken bone 😆

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Vanzi

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Posted: 18 years ago

Its a seriel guys even a litlle tube cud tell us the wh 😆 ole tumor precedure, these guys are advanced..

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Aparna

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Posted: 18 years ago

you got the words out of my mouth. Most serials show nonsense withour reserach when showing a legal or police or medical case. That truly irks me !!!!!!! I love watching CSI or law and order that educates and entertains too.

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kajal

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Posted: 18 years ago

ya i agree n i really didn't know u need ur parents dna for tumor treatment that is for blood cancer or anything else like kidney probs because thats were one has to transplant an organ man i should go write the story they don't know any science. sum of these writers.

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Vanzi

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Posted: 18 years ago

Yeaa wht does parents have to do with it???

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Misfit_

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Posted: 18 years ago

lololol@ needing parent's dna for treatment. Um, usually they start with chemo/radiation therapy.LOL.

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lilly

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Posted: 18 years ago

A plain x-ray diagnosing tumor can occasionally be appreciated on plain skull films by the visualization of bone erosion, calcification, or hyperostosis.However it's senstivity is so low that for a headache no one would order a skull X-ray , CT scan or MRI with contrast is the test of choice. I agree in fact inspite of CT scan and MRI you can only comment that it is a mass , infact I remember multiple times when mass in CT and MRI were suggestive of malignancy , but on biopsy were brain abscess , so kudos to the doctor who can confidently diagnose tumor on plain x-ray ? . and yes the paternal DNA testing is too much, Doctor Sahab you should get your act together and should have admitted Samay , with neurosurgery on consult to do a biopsy rather than trying to get his birth record and mom's DNA testing.

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preeti

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Posted: 18 years ago

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that is very true..... from my personal experience..... i had a shoulder pain..... as i went to doctor... they said there is something like a tumor (Cancer) so they did ..... MRI... and said it is Cancer... 😭 😭 😭 later doing.,... CT SCAN,..... BONE SCAN.......... it was for sure i have BONE CNACER.... 😭 😭 😭 but later when i went there AFTER doing Biopsy..... they found out it was not CAncer !!! 😳 😳 but a Bone which was increased ,.... ... i did had to go through surgery.... but it was not cancer..... x-rays.... don't proof you have cancer.... even ct-scan, mri can;t.... it is BIOPSY that proves.... 😳

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