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Originally Posted by ladyjane  When one of my pups had disc surgery, both an MRI and myelogram were done prior to surgery to make sure that it was disc involvement. I am a bit confused about them doing only a myelogram and giving you a diagnosis; but saying it is not definitive without an MRI? Am I reading that correctly? I would think that a myelogram would show FCE alone, but if a board certified surgeon suggested MRI, I would certainly go ahead with it.
If they are suggesting MRI, I would definitely go ahead with it...this is serious stuff you are dealing with. |
A myelgram would not show an FCE, they diagnosed Cobi after ruling out the possibilty of compression and disc rupture which would clearly show up once the dye is injected for myelogram. FCE's are still being studied and from my understanding its diagnosed by symptoms and ruling out others. Its possible that an MRI may not even show the problem for sure but its the only other test left. But we do want the MRI done, we just dont know where to have it done.