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What Does the following MRI Scan Of The Elbow Indicate? 

I recently had an MRI done on my right elbow, for possible distal bicep tendon tear . I ve had 2 different radiologist and ortho s look at my scans. 1 says very high grade tear, and the other says it s fine. I ve tried to choose 3 images that may help read it (although i m far from an expert on understanding MRI disks) Can you look below and tell me if you see anything? Thanks!! http://s22.postimg.org/7gbdkadlt/image.jpg http://s30.postimg.org/r3orr50r5/image.jpg http://s11.postimg.org/uo7hyhsb7/image.jpg
Thu, 8 Oct 2015
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The second image posted shows an intact tendon and for that reason, I believe the tendon is intact. A better sequence to look at this is one where all the fat (white stuff in the image) is darkened which leaves only fluid (like the small amount in the joint) bright.
If you could send links for those, I would be able to give you a better assessment of the tendon.
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What Does the following MRI Scan Of The Elbow Indicate? 

The second image posted shows an intact tendon and for that reason, I believe the tendon is intact. A better sequence to look at this is one where all the fat (white stuff in the image) is darkened which leaves only fluid (like the small amount in the joint) bright. If you could send links for those, I would be able to give you a better assessment of the tendon.