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Myelography vs Pyelography - What's the difference?

myelography | pyelography |

In medicine terms the difference between myelography and pyelography

is that myelography is a type of radiographic examination that uses a contrast medium to detect pathology of the spinal cord, including the location of a spinal cord injury, cysts, and tumors while pyelography is radiography of the kidney, ureter and bladder following injection of a radiopaque substance.

myelography

English

(wikipedia myelography)

Noun

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  • (medicine) A type of radiographic examination that uses a contrast medium to detect pathology of the spinal cord, including the location of a spinal cord injury, cysts, and tumors.

    • Related terms

    * myelogram

    pyelography

    English

    Noun

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  • (medicine) radiography of the kidney, ureter and bladder following injection of a radiopaque substance