I am going in for a MRI for a 1.4 x 1.0 sclerotic focus on the posterior thoracic vertebra I should add I was am a ovarian cancer survivor 2013 and kidney cancer clear cell 2014 Curious what this could be Lung X-ray was clear I have horrible back. 71 years old female
Hello, Sclerosis in medicine is term applied to the structure that is changing the tissue with normal one or replaces with abnormal tissue which makes the organ or structure stiff, (Sclerotic is the adjective of sclerosis) in your case it is the vertebra that is being changed with abnormal tissue which might have made the vertebra structure stiff. (Sclerosis mostly happening due to the inflammatory process)Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. 