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Part of her skull was damaged when she was a child. At the time it was replaced by some kind of plastic. But from what I gather it slowly started to deteriorate
by Tharkun 10y ago
Part of her skull was damaged when she was a child. At the time it was replaced by some kind of plastic. But from what I gather it slowly started to deteriorate, until it got infected and pressure built up and it had to be removed/replaced.
From what I can gather it's a piece a little over 10cm in diameter and resides above her ear.
- blazespin 10y agoMetal Plates make MRIs a pain.
- jessriedel 10y agoNo, essentially all modern metal implants are non magnetic, e.g., titanium. They go through MRIs all the time.
- mattkrause 10y agoNo, it's still a pain. Titanium is MR-compatible: the magnet won't rip the plate out of your head, which is good. However, it can cause huge artifacts that obscure things around the titanium implant (and, sometimes, depending on the scan parameters and implant location, elsewhere too). This is particularly annoying because the implants are often right near the areas you really want to image....