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Will A Pet Scan Diagnose Lipodermatosclerosis

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Dr. Aparna Kohli MD

I have lipodermatosclerosis (both legs) and suffered a PE and DVT 10 months ago. 54 year old obese woman. I'm wearing compression stockings, am currently on warfarin for at least a couple more months ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Aparna Kohli ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Ivan Romic MD

I suffer greatly from a skin condition called Lipodermatosclerosis , caused by a lifetime of varicosities. I use compression stockings, and have had numerous ultra sound studies to examine my superficial ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ivan Romic ( General Surgeon)
Dr. Vidya Muralidhar MD

Can a patient go for an X-ray or PET scan, instead of an MRI , to diagnose a bulging disc? If so, what are benefits of both over MRI? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vidya Muralidhar ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Indranil Ghosh MD

My mother 12 years back thyroid cancer treatment,present breast cancer pet scan diagnosis lung metastases, 6 chemo cycles after another pet scan breast tumor size small but lung size no change... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Indranil Ghosh ( Oncologist)
Dr.   Sudhir Kumar MD

diagnose it as LEMS or dismiss it based upon clear EMG and PET Scan? ... Scan and negative EMG. My neurologist dismisses LEMS due to clear PET Scan and EMG. I ve expressed to ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sudhir Kumar ( Neurologist)

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Dr. Alekhya MD

I have lipodermatosclerosis (both legs) and suffered a PE and DVT 10 months ago. 54 year old obese woman. I m wearing compression stockings, am currently on warfarin for at least a couple more months. I ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Alekhya ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Raghuveer Murki MD

treating me for Lipodermatosclerosis which is onset by obesity. I am not questioning the diagnoses however ... having the Lipodermatosclerosis and a foot with layers of skin removed. The foot is healed but... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Raghuveer Murki ( Dermatologist)
Dr. Arun MD

Hi, I was diagnosed with sarcodosis over a year ago by one doctor but wasn t satisfied with my treatment so i switched doctors and was told i didn t have sarcodosis after getting MRI, PET SCAN, CAT... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Arun ( Infectious Diseases Specialist)
Dr.    Mohammed Taher Ali MD

scan to determine the exact reason for this.. I have not had the PET scan yet. So there is not much I ...Hello, my name is Diane! I was just diagnosed with having swollen lung lymph nodes. It was... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mohammed Taher Ali ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.     Jnikolla MD

I am 49 yrs old i diagnose cystic carcinoma under my tounge. operated on aug 10 n radiotherapy done. after therapy doctor advsd me to do pet ct scan. in pet ct doctor find that same hv spread in... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Jnikolla ( Pulmonologist)