X-ray Of Lumbar Spine And On Disk Showed Dark Area Near Tailbone. Is This Mass?

Posted on Wed, 31 Jul 2013

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Question : I just received an xray of my lumbar spine and on the disk I noticed a dark area near my tailbone. Is this a mass?

Answered by Dr. Jorge Brenes-Salazar (2 hours later)

dear XXXXXXX

It is almost impossible to help interpret the x XXXXXXX without seeing it; could you please upload a picture or file with the x ray?

thanks!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

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Follow up: Dr. Jorge Brenes-Salazar (12 minutes later)

here is the xray.

Answered by Dr. Jorge Brenes-Salazar (1 hour later)

Dear XXXXXXX

Thanks for posting the film. Not to worry. That is stool in the bowel. Compare it to the sausage like structure in the left upper corner of the abdomen, that is the colon with stool.

Best regards,

Dr Brenes-Salazar MD
Mayo Clinic MN

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

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