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You're looking for support fora diagnosis of cerebral vasculitis? Inflammation of blood vesselsin the brain is awfully rare, especially for someone her age. So is a tumor.Her sed rate is elevated. Mildly. That could mean anything. Or nothing. Yeah, I know. I have no reasonto think that it's vasculitis. Except that it could be. If the blood vessels are inflamed, that's gonna look exactlylike what we saw on the mri from Trenton county, and the pressure is gonna causeneurological symptoms. We can't diagnose thatwithout a biopsy. Yes, we can. We treat it. If she gets better,we know we're right. And if we're wrong? Then we learn something else
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You're looking for support for a diagnosis of cerebral vasculitis
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Inflammation of blood vessels in the brain is awfully rare
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especially for someone her age
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So is a tumor Her sed rate is elevated
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Mildly
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That could mean anything Or nothing
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Yeah I know I have no reason to think that it's vasculitis
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Except that it could be
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If the blood vessels are inflamed
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that's gonna look exactly like what we saw
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on the mri from Trenton county
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and the pressure is gonna cause neurological symptoms
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We can't diagnose that without a biopsy
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Yes we can
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We treat it
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If she gets better we know we're right
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And if we're wrong
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Then we learn something else
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An antisocial maverick doctor who specializes in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way using his crack team of doctors and his wits.