Thread: Cysts on spine
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Old 01-14-2013, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by BetsyAnn View Post
I don't know anything about the cysts, sorry, but I'm going to guess that your MRI will have a contrast agent used. They like to make sure your kidneys are fine before hand as people with kidney problems can have complications with the contrast agent.

If you normally have contrast injected with your annual MRI, I don't know why they would proceed differently but it could be a variety of things... however, it sounds to me like they are just wanting to keep up with proper protocol.
Hi ,thank you for your reply , Yes i have to have contrast agent , I don't have kidney trouble , but i can't understand why they say , to see if your at risk of renal impairment ,so have this blood test , so i go on Friday to have blood taken so will know more next week, thanks a lot joy
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