radiology technetium

Someone is having a nuclear medicine MUGA scan and it says that 42 millicuries of technetium 99 labelled red cells was used. 

Question - Are labelled red cells a type of contrast?

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10.3 mCI of 99mTc-MAG3

They do use sulfa colloid in scans etc. May by part of it. See below.

I'm questioning the MA.  I can't document it anywhere. 

Thank you for any help... 

I am helping out with radiology and am stuck.  doing CT of abdomen/pelvis with multiple parapelvic/peripelvic cysts on both kidneys.  Do I use peri or para?  Thanks

s/l reghitti          There is a reghitti high signal involved in the anterior lateral,

is that correct, can't verify.

The axial images show the thickness of  the * and some articular cartilage and popliteal spaces are normal.  (MRI of the right knee)  S/L  polse.  any help is appreciated!!!

s/l stranding or strandy.  Doctor said diagnosis is...? (Stranding or Strandy?) fibrotic scarring in the lungs.

Breast imaging----Doc dictates "ultrasound demonstrated a 10 mm circumskine mass"  

this is how is sounds, but I can't find this word.  Any ideas?

Thank you. 

Technique:

s/l cidector CT was performed through abdomen and pelvis.

Any idea?

related to the contour of the tuberosity seen on  sounds like "phose or fose" on the x-ray?  Happen to know what this could be??? Thanks!

Her path report comes back with a high grade papillary transitional cell carcinoma invasive into thick muscle bundles suspicious for lymphatic involvement.  Based on a s/l pan son x-ray with the bladder essentially pushed towards the right side of the pelvis, I believe a good amount of this tumor is already extra vesicle.

Any idea for the x-ray he may be dictating? 

A 5 mm s/l collimated  slices through the thorax performed without intravenous contrast.

Is this a correct sentence?

In the nasal cavity, there is no mass or s/l chondrablosssa.

Any idea of the above term?...thanks

Not exactly sure what I am hearing but.   Radiologist says ---- within the proximal _______ (s/l mendoza or mendopsa) region of the humerus. 

I have googled and not finding anything.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

abdominal ultrasound:

There is no evidence of s/l atrial or extrahepatic febrial dilatation.

Is this a correct sentence?

Left knee/ patella, two views.

There is no loss of s/l antiticher spaces. There is no s/l chondrulent or soft tissue calcifications and/or abnormalities on alignment

Need help on the above two terms. Thanks.

Left leg:

No evidence of DVT left lower extremity. s/l Purposeful thrombus within the greater saphenous vein extending to the upper calf.

Purposeful thrombus does not make sense. Please help

Paranasal sinuses.

There is full development and complete s/l numbadization of the paranasal sinuses.

Any idea what this word is?

Thoracic spine:

There is a moderate and s/l tediumphyge compression fracture of the T8 in front of superior end-plate without definite s/l metroprovision.

Any idea of above terms? It is an ESL doc. 

Chest exam:

There is evidence of previous s/lcapital OIF changes left hero chap with good bony healings.

Is this a correct sentence?

I would do single film, with no hyphen.

one-bang s/l Bringin MRI?

TIA.

Doc says: The needle was then removed from the wire and peel-away sheath was placed over the wire into the superior vena cava and the s/l *intradilating wire were removed keeping a finger over the openign of the peel-away sheath.