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All I could fine is mental foramen and lesser palatine or nasopalatine nerves?

Posted By: MT50 on 2007-12-05
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Subject: All I could fine is mental foramen and lesser palatine or nasopalatine nerves?




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Mental, mini-mental, cognitive? nm
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Subject: lesser sac. nm.

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Subject: asap please s/l villainy midline palatine prominence nm


obturator foramen ... nm
Subject: obturator foramen ... nm

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agree with foramen nm
Subject: agree with foramen nm

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Neural Foramen SM
Subject: Neural Foramen SM

left neural foramen


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bilateral neural foramina


neuroforamen not an accepted word (although people try to use it)


vagal foramen? (nm)
Subject: vagal foramen? (nm)

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Subject: L5 neural foramen -- nm


Foramen ovale?
Subject: Foramen ovale?

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Subject: Foramen of bigeminy?

Report is for a patient with Arnold-Chiari malformation, procedure is a supraoccipital craniectomy. Surgeon refers to foramen of s/l bigeminy? several times but I cannot document this. Any help appreciated!


it was foramen of Magendie!
Subject: it was foramen of Magendie!

that was a new one for me, but kept googling until I figured it out! Thanks for your help, I did not think it was bigeminy either, but that was what it sounded like. He is an ESL neurosurgeon and very difficult to understand.
Foramina is plural for foramen.
Subject: Foramina is plural for foramen.


how about patent foramen ovale??..nm
Subject: how about patent foramen ovale??..nm

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neural foramen - per Dorland's Med dictionary NM
Subject: neural foramen - per Dorland's Med dictionary NM

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i found patent foramen ovale so you are right, thanks! nm
Subject: i found patent foramen ovale so you are right, thanks! nm


WILD GUESS... patent foramen ovale?
Subject: WILD GUESS... patent foramen ovale?


After doing radiology for centuries :), I was told it is always neural foramen (two words). SM
Subject: After doing radiology for centuries :), I was told it is always neural foramen (two words). SM

I don't know how accurate that is, but I've been told this by several radiologists - some nice and some not so nice! 
I have done transcription for about forty years. It has always been neural foramen or foramina and
Subject: I have done transcription for about forty years. It has always been neural foramen or foramina and

NOT NEUROFORAMINAL.
I did - (s/l) the-mental
Subject: I did - (s/l) the-mental

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Nerves
Subject: Nerves

Doctor is referring to cranial nerve XII or 7, whichever your account prefers.


 


Lilly


Nerves
Subject: Nerves

http://www.mult-sclerosis.org/cranialnerves.html


Here is a link for you to look at. Hope it helps.


Lilly


it is mental status
Subject: it is mental status

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Mental retardation.
Subject: Mental retardation.

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Thanks- I was having a mental blank!
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Cranial nerves
Subject: Cranial nerves

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Subject: Could it be sympathetic nerves?

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cranial nerves
Subject: cranial nerves


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Subject: I believe the would be abbr for nerves

not pulses.  For most accounts I have ever worked on, if you are not 100% sure of the expansion of an abbrev, you should leave it as dictated. 
cranial nerves
Subject: cranial nerves

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cranial nerves
Subject: cranial nerves

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Cranial nerves
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Cranial nerves II through VII intact.


I'm used to hearing II through XII. Would II through VII also be accurate in some cases? Thanks.


Probably cranial nerves
Subject: Probably cranial nerves

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mental injection is correct
Subject: mental injection is correct

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Subject: mental region lymphadenopathy? nm

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It sounds something like it ends in "tion"


cranial nerves - s/l "BFFTC"
Subject: cranial nerves - s/l "BFFTC"


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Subject: would they say cranial nerves were uncluttered and

equal? 
All I can think of is cranial nerves 2 through 12 intact.
Subject: All I can think of is cranial nerves 2 through 12 intact.


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Subject: Cranial nerves II-XII are intact?

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Was your sounds like the cranial nerves? ss
Subject: Was your sounds like the cranial nerves? ss

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cranial nerves: There is no *thalmoplegia*??? Thanks. nm
Subject: cranial nerves: There is no *thalmoplegia*??? Thanks. nm

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s/l peroneal or perineal nerves
Subject: s/l peroneal or perineal nerves

HEENT:  Sclerae are white.  Conjunctivae are pink.  Normal EOM.  _____ (s/l peroneal or perineal) nerves are grossly intact.
Are you sure not saying cranial nerves? No Message
Subject: Are you sure not saying cranial nerves? No Message

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On Mini-Mental, s/l 3MSR. see message
Subject: On Mini-Mental, s/l 3MSR. see message

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As to what? Mental health? Rehab? Lab results? nm
Subject: As to what? Mental health? Rehab? Lab results? nm

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patient with altered mental status/sm
Subject: patient with altered mental status/sm

 


 


Laboratory studies.


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s/l fo? mini mental status exam
Subject: s/l fo? mini mental status exam

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