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Head (including MRA if performed)
For exclusion, further investigation and monitoring of:
Tumour of the brain or meninges
Skull base or orbital tumour
Acoustic neuroma
Pituitary tumour
Inflammation of the brain or meninges
Encephalopathy
Encephalitis
Suspect leukodystrophies
ENT problems – following consultation with a Radiologist
Demyelinating disease of the brain
Congenital malformation of brain or meninges
Venous sinus thrombosis
Screening of intracranial aneurysm in the following high risk individuals:
Positive family history, defined as two or more first degree relatives with subarachnoid haemorrhages
Patients with polycystic kidney disease
For further investigation and monitoring of:
Head trauma
Epilepsy
Stroke
Post-operative follow-up after brain surgery
Ophthalmic
For further investigation of:
Suspected intra-orbital or visual pathway lesions
Dysthyroid eye disease
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Diplopia
Spine
For exclusion, further investigation and monitoring of:
Tumour of the CNS or meninges
Inflammation of the CNS or meninges
Demyelinating disease
Spinal cord compression (acute)
Congenital malformations of the spinal cord, cauda equina or meninges
Syrinx – congenital or acquired
Myelopathy
For further investigation and monitoring of:
Cervical radiculopathy with neurological signs
Thoracic radiculopathy with neurological signs
Lumbar radiculopathy with neurological signs
Spinal canal stenosis
Previous spinal surgery
Trauma
For investigation of:
Any cause of spinal disease in pregnancy
Musculoskeletal System
For exclusion, further investigation and monitoring of:
Tumour arising in bone or other connective tissue
Infection arising in bone or other connective tissue
Osteonecrosis
Derangement of the hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, elbow or wrist joints or their supporting structures
Sacro-iliac joints in the following circumstances:
There is a suspicion of the presence of ankylosing spondylitis and
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Patients have negative or inconclusive plain radiography films of the sacro-iliac joints and
Patients are HLA B27 positive
For further investigation and monitoring of:
Slipped upper femoral epiphysis
Post inflammatory or post traumatic epiphyseal fusion in a person under 16 years of age
Complex cases of juvenile dermatomyositis
Gaucher’s disease
For diagnosis of:
Juvenile dermatomyositis by guiding biopsy
Cardiovascular System (including MRA if performed)
Thoracic aortic disease
Abnormal aortic contour or size on chest X-ray, differentiation of mediastinal mass vs. vascular abnormality, to
rule out aortic dissection, aneurysm, leaking thoracic aneurysm, exclude aortic source of peripheral embolisation,
Valsalva aneurysm, Marfan’s syndrome and aorta annular actasia, after therapy of aortic dissection of aortic arch
anomalies, coarctation, following aortic angioplasty, peri-aortic abscess or infection
Pericardial disease
To assess pericardial thickness and detection of metastases, for diagnosing pericarditis and constriction, for
diagnosing effusion and tamponade
External or internal masses, pathology of lung and pleura
Chest wall and mediastinal tumour invasion of the lung and pleura, lipoma, intracavity tumours, and
differentiation of tumour from thrombus, assessment of vascular invasion, hilar assessment, and paracardial/
cardiac invasion, pleural diseases
Pathology involving surrounding structures
To evaluate intrinsic abnormalities of the pulmonary arteries, including central thrombi, aneurysms, stenoses,
occlusions, dissection, and extravascular disease involving the pulmonary arteries
Assessment of ventricular dysplasia
Congenital heart disease
Pulmonary atresia, severe obstruction to the right ventricular outflow tract, complex cyanotic heart disease,
pulmonary venous anomalies, after surgery for correction of congenital heart disease
Cardiac function, morphology, and structure
After it has been determined that echocardiogram is inconclusive
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Sudden cardiac death screening
Screening of first degree relatives (mother, father, brother, sister or child) of an individual who has experienced
sudden cardiac death under 30 years of age following initial screening by ECG, echocardiogram and holter
monitoring that has identified unusual results
Diseases of the large veins
Acquired and congenital abnormalities of the superior vena cavae, inferior vena cavae, and portal venous system
(e.g. vena caval thrombus, differentiation of tumour thrombus and blood clot of the vena cava, superior vena
caval syndrome, superior vena caval invasion or encasement by lung or mediastinal tumours, diagnosis of BuddChiari syndrome, and diagnosis of caval anomalies)
Valvular heart disease
After it has been determined that ECG and doppler studies are inconclusive
To demonstrate complications of infarction
Formation of an aneurysm, mural thrombus formation, to demonstrate regional wall motion or wall thickening
abnormalities of a damaged left ventricle
Others
Post-operative aortic graft infection or dehiscence
For further investigation, in persons under the age of 16 years, of the vasculature of limbs prior to limb or
digit transfer surgery in congenital limb deficiency syndrome
Abdomen
Characterisation of liver lesions when an ultrasound report is suggestive of haemangioma
Placenta Accreta / Percreta
Adenomyosis - Pre-procedural planning for uterine artery embolisation for fibroids
Assessment of fistulae/abscesses in patients with established Crohn’s disease following discussion with a
multi-disciplinary team
For post-operative evaluation of:
Perineal abscess
Perineal fistula
Assessment of the inferior vena cava in patients with known solid renal tumour
MR urography (MRU) in patients with urographic contrast allergy
MR urography in pregnancy
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Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)
For further investigation of:
Pancreatic and biliary disease where conventional methodology has not revealed the definitive diagnosis
and ERCP is considered undesirable
Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)
For exclusion or further investigation of:
Stroke
Carotid and vertebro-basilar disease
Carotid or vertebral artery dissection
Intracranial aneurysm
Intracranial arteriovenous malformation
Venous sinus thrombosis
Vascular abnormality in a patient with a previous anaphylactic reaction to an iodinated contrast medium
Obstruction of the superior vena cava, inferior vena cava or a major pelvic vein
Peripheral arteries to determine the presence and extent of peripheral arterial disease in lower extremities
For exclusion of:
Renal artery stenosis post renal transplant
Renal artery stenosis in patients with refractory hypertension requiring multiple therapies, or in patients
with documented renal insufficiency in whom renal vascular disease is being considered and in whom
angioplasty and stenting is being considered
Body
For further investigation and monitoring of:
Malignant soft tissue tumours for diagnosis and staging
For further investigation of:
Congenital uterine or anorectal abnormality
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Breast
For the detection of:
Breast cancer - where mammogram and/or ultrasound are negative for pathology but there continues to be
a high index of clinical suspicion (e.g. in persons with inherited BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations)
Pre-operative evaluation of patients with:
Invasive lobular carcinoma
Multi-focal or multi-centric diseases and age less than 40 years
Other Exceptions
As notified to GloHealth’s Medical Advisors and approved for benefit by GloHealth
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