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Grossly normal

Read Your Scan Editorial Team·Last updated

Written from published radiology references and reviewed for plain language. Not written or signed by a physician, and not a diagnosis. How we write these pages

In plain language

Normal as far as this scan can tell. "Grossly" means at the scale the images resolve — it does not mean severely or badly. Something small or subtle could still be beyond what the pictures show.

Where you’ll see this

Findings sections, often about an organ that was in the field of view but was not the point of the scan.

Questions worth asking your doctor

  • Does this wording mean you are unsure, or that you are reasonably confident and being careful?
  • If something cannot be ruled out from this scan, what would rule it out?
  • Is there anything here you would act on today?

Careful and hedged wording

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