MRI question

[TheTominator]

There's a old doctor in West Virginia that lives just over the border from me.

I asked him to briefly explain MRIs to me, and he obliged.

Pointing both his index fingers to his face just under his non-magnetic metal framed eyeglasses, he said "MRIs".

[space-time]

Another possible explanation: maybe the metal fragments got in there after the MRI

[norse]

dochocson wrote:
If the fragments are IN your hand, then they're not magnetic. Sometimes metal flakes ON the skin may be misread as being subcutaneous. Could always ask for a copy of the film and have a look.

The lateral view of the hand would show if it's surface or within the hand. Have you seen the x-ray? How deep was the fragment?