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To: FairOpinion
A physician at a credible physicians’ website has analyzed Terri’s CAT scan and concludes that it has been grossly misrepresented. There is some cerebral atrophy, but it is a completely inaccurate to characterize it as “bag of water.” Furthermore, the author states that “the most alarming thing about this image, however, is that there certainly is cortex left. Granted, it is severely thinned, especially for Terri's age, but I would be nonplussed if you told me that this was a 75 year old female who was somewhat senile but fully functional, and I defy a radiologist anywhere to contest that.”

A credible physician at a credible physician web site, ...

Would you care to expand on that?

229 posted on 04/02/2005 6:28:55 PM PST by danmar ("No person is so grand or wise or perfect as to be the master of another person." Karl Hess)
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To: danmar

CSI MEDBLOGS: CODEBLUEBLOG ANALYZES TERRI SCHIAVO'S CT OF THE BRAIN

http://codeblueblog.blogs.com/codeblueblog/2005/03/csi_medblogs_co.html


231 posted on 04/02/2005 6:34:34 PM PST by AndrewC (All these moments are tossed in lime, like trains in the rear.)
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To: danmar

It was in the article -- it gives the link to the site, where the doctor's analysis is.

Go to the link of the article and check out the other links.

It also has links to articles in medical journals, which state that PVS is misdiagnosed in nearly half the cases.


232 posted on 04/02/2005 6:36:51 PM PST by FairOpinion
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