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Are Metastic Deposits Across The Spinal Vertebrae And Minimal Posterior Disc Bulge In An MRI Report Serious Concerns?

MY FATHER AGE 60 YEAR. HE FEEL BACKSIDE PAIN AFTER 15 DAS , AFTER HE DID MRI , THIS REPORT METASTIC DEPOSITS IN D9,D10, D12, LI,L3,L4,AND L5 VERTEBRAE. MINIMAL POSTERIOR DISC BUIGE IS SEEN AT L4-5 AND L5-S1 LEVELS. MY QUESTION IS THIS CONDITION IS CANCER ? OR VERRYBED ?
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sorry to say that your father has metastatic disease to spine ..your father must be having primary cancer somewhere in body and what are MRI showing only secondary seedlings ....sometimes cancer first seen in bones and then primary searched out ...please take your father to general practioner..he will examine your father and run tests like pbf ...ultrasound abdomen ...chest xray etc ...when the primary will be found then treatment will be started ...lets hope for the best
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Are Metastic Deposits Across The Spinal Vertebrae And Minimal Posterior Disc Bulge In An MRI Report Serious Concerns?

sorry to say that your father has metastatic disease to spine ..your father must be having primary cancer somewhere in body and what are MRI showing only secondary seedlings ....sometimes cancer first seen in bones and then primary searched out ...please take your father to general practioner..he will examine your father and run tests like pbf ...ultrasound abdomen ...chest xray etc ...when the primary will be found then treatment will be started ...lets hope for the best