mri scan for ms

Hi fellow Ozzie, welcome to our little MS community, Please keep in mind that we are lay people, not professionally trained in reading MRI's, opinions are generally from personal experience, acquired knowledge and interest, my two cents......

my wife had a mri scan on her neck the result came back as follows mri on the C- spine showd minor degenerative changes with a normal spinal cord there disc lesion at C6/C7 which corrugates the postrior longitudinal ligament by the spinal cord .

While it's tempting to look at the MRI and try to track down your deficits based upon the lesion activity, don't bother. Visible lesion activity in the brain compared to actual symptoms rarely matches up. All I can tell you is that your lesion load is typical for MS. The only thing I've noticed over the years is that for patients with an MRI with many lesions, the MS tends to be less active or debilitating. Patients with more symptoms tend to have an MRI with few lesions.

I would never have a Cardiologist rule out MS after viewing your MRI. Fowarded the MRI as Theasian stated to a Neurologist, especially one who deals with alot of MS patients.

Answer = NO, the minimum slice size for an MRI which is looking for MS is 3mm. Anything larger and there is a significant chance of missing smaller lesions. You MRI did not conform to the recommended MRI Protocol for MS diagnosis. Kathy - As you know the CT is useless for visualizing MS lesions unless they are HUGE.

Your daughter needs a brain and C-spine MRI with MS protocol with the strongest MRI machine that is available in your area. A CT scan may be useless for finding MS-type lesions. I suspect that a CT scan was give to rule out stroke or brain tumor. A neurologist is the person who can diagnosis MS. Some neurologists specializes in MS and sees people suspected of having MS or with people who have MS.

Bubbles, I would call the doc's office and let them know it says ct scan instead of MRI. MRI's are needed for MS findings. It could be a mix up or they may have a reason for ct scan. I've had a sinus ct scan to find cyst etc.but the brain and c-spine was both MRI's. Still lifting you in prayer and best of wishes for answers.

Is it necessary to have more than one MRI scan done. I have only ever had the one scan, 15 yrs ago which was when I was given my official dx, despite having several episodes/relapses since. Initially told I had RRMS now being told I have SPMS with relapses.

Hi there, If you have had repeat MRI over an extended period of time on a T3 machine using MS Protocol and a lumbar puncture (MRI of your thoracic, cervical and brain the chances of it being MS would be diminished. MRI is pretty good at imaging the brain, but not so good at imaging the spinal cord. Usually a good neurologist can tell from examination and what symptoms you are having if your lesions are more likely to be spinal or brain.

) I was diagnosed with MS even though my brain MRI was clean. Like Kyle said, an MRI of your thoracic and cervical spines may show lesions- my lesions were hiding in my thoracic spine. Also, my MRIs were done with contrast, which I think helps lesions become more visible. I also had other tests done that your neurologist may recommend- an SSEP and an NCV.

I have had MS (or been diagnosed for 13 years) and was told from the very beginning that MS is ALWAYS active, even if it's not producing lesions that can be seen on MRI. Like "micro-lesions," not detecable with our standard 1.5t and 3t powered MRI's. I was even told by a head Neuro that they have seen lesions appear over a 24 hour period and in their test subjects, actually seen that the lesion had totally disappeared within 48 hours.

Avoid Mayo- they seem to have different criteria for diagnosing MS - but they are very efficient for their patients who travel to visit their clinic. Good luck with this next step - being in limbo like this must be horrible and I hope you can get answers, soon.

A bone scan is not going to help you Dx MS as a possible. As Kyle says, you will need an MRI, hopefully with contrast. Please see a neurologist, but be prepared for much testing and not so fast an answer. It takes time. Some get lucky but many of us have spent years chasing an answer and then not wanting it when we get it! Keep us posted, we all learn from each other!

Hi, Teabreak. Don't think we've met. Welcome to the forum. I'm no interpreter of MRIs, but I've seen quite a few reports in my time. Yours does sound suspect for MS to me. "Subcentimeter" is not very precise, in my view. That could be anywhere from tiny to 10 mm, so it's hard to visualize what the radiologist means. Your lesions do not enhance, meaning it's unlikely that any are newer than a few weeks old. Could be much older.

blurry vision for about a week. When I walk my left foot will get a buzz in the heel or slight numbness. Now I have numbness in my lady parts. My question ladies do any of you get this? Some of these symptoms are subsidizing a little. Are these all symptoms of ms? I have seen a Neuro in April. Have had nerve tests, evoked potentials and everything is ok I am told.I just don't feel right.

The 3T provides much better imaging for several reasons. The strength of the field, for one permits a much shorter time in the machine. Even if you try very hard, when you are inside a 1T or a 1.5T for an extended time you "wiggle". Time on a 3T is often limited and prioritized. They probably only had a limited window to squeeze you in. It seems like they are paying attention to you. I am not qualified to comment on the criterion for a definitive MS diagnosis.

Since then i have had a mri bran scan which showed multiple foci and demylation. Have had a hearing test and a emg. all normal. all lab work has been normal. had spinal tap last week. it showed high total protein of 150 in csf and serum. opening tap pressure low. found monoclonia but not ogliclonia. no one can give me answers. I will be 50 very soon. any suggestions please.

Because MRIs cannot tell the difference between MS and Lyme, a Lyme specialist will often use another scan called a SPECT scan that operates in a different way from an MRI, so the test can find indications of Lyme that is clearly not MS. Non-Lyme specialists tend to use MRI only, and the fuzzy spots that show up on an MRI look like MS to a doc who is not familiar with Lyme .... as many docs are not. In your situation, I personally would find a Lyme specialist for a second opinion.

Good evening, just looking for an interpretation of my brain scan. "Within the right frontal white matter, three small foci of T2 hyperintensity are seen which represent non speciific white matter disease. May be related to small vessel ischemia, vasculitis or potentially demyelinating disease." Guess I'm asking if anyone dx with MS had a similar report.

He was given an MRI scan because of some mild dizziness that lasted several weeks. The MRI scan showed non-specific high signal white matter and so a lumber puncture was taken to eliminate any autoimmune diseases. Most surprisingly, the CSF showed oligoclonal bands. Neuro says that the dizziness was not an episode of MS and likely to have viral infection but the abnormal MRI and CSF point towards MS. He can't diagnose MS as husband has had no clinical symptoms whatsoever.

I had my first MRI scan today with contrast of brain and spine, suspected MS. Have been told results take about two weeks. If it was a tumour would I hear sooner. I live in Britain .

There was an imaging technique that pre-dated CAT scans and MRIs called pneumoencephalography, but it wasn't very accurate and could be incredibly dangerous. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumoencephalography Basically, they emptied you of massive amounts of cerebro-spinal fluid and pumped gas into your brain so they could image it. X-rays can't penetrate liquids and aren't much use on soft tissues, hence their usefulness in detecting pneumonia - the lungs look opaque.

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