Mri scan of the brain
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My recent brain-spine MRI was just over an hour. The power of the unit is important. You can study the types on the net. Most hospitals claim state-of-the-art for all their equipment, leaving patients pretty much in the dark. Even well-known centers can be weak in some areas. If you aren't satisfied with your improvement, learn more and keep looking for better treatment.
a few tiny scattered foci of hyperintensity involving the cerebral white matter. the aetiology of these is uncertain. i note most of these lesions appear subcortical in nature rather than periventricular and normal brain stem and cerebellum.
i am thought to have ms and have ms symptoms but do not understand these results, my doctor has suggested to request more tests."
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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......
Hi and welcome to the Chiari forum,
Not all radiologists will report on something they were not asked to look for, in my case they did....I was sent to rule out lymes, and MS when the radiologist saw my Chiari....and they stopped and called my Dr and scheduled more MRI's for the next day.
That does not always happen and we suggest everyone having testing and MRI's to request copies of the test and the reports this way u have it and can easily get other opinions.
This headache could be due to raised intracranial pressure and lowering of temporal lobes on MRI due to brain herniation, which is a consequence of very high intracranial pressure. Herniation could result from many factors causing mass effect and increase intracranial pressure including traumatic brain injury, stroke and brain tumor. You need to consult a neurologist immediately with this concern, as this can be fatal. Hope this helps. Take care.
The Neuro said my last MRI was the weirdest and unusual MRI of the brain that she had ever seen. The report said something about Vertebral Basilar Insufficiency and something about an enlarged vessel or something. My brainstem has moderate damage (Chronic Gliosis) and it didn't sound like it was damaged from the MS. Only one MS lesion was present in the right temporal lobe and it hasn't changed in the last 5 years.
Nothing new going on with me other than this.
Hi I had a MR scan of my brain a couple of weeks ago as I had vertigo’s episodes some times . According to my doctor the MR results shows some unspecified gliosis. He said this is not a major problem, as it can be associated to some sleeping disorders and nothing with the vertigo. Do you agree with this opinion or I should check with a neurologist?
Five years ago I was treated for optic neuritis, but was told to have a wait and see before a final diagnosis of MS. I tolerated the symptoms until the last year and the have gotten worse, again The MRI scans I have show no brain lesions. Again I get lets wait and see. I am getting to old and to tired of these answers, can someone please tell me what my next step should be?
on the white matter of her brain and suggested we follow up with an MRI. The MRI was performed this morning with the results being the same...... The largest of the "spots" was about 2cm and the others were smaller. Our familty doctor mentioned that due to the location of the "spots", they are not typically located in the areas that my wife has them, and of course didn't seem to alarmed of what had been found.
During my 10 day hospital stay the did another CT scan, MRI of the entire spinal column, every possible blood test and a repeat spinal tap. MRI showed that the swelling of the meninges was the same as the first MRI and even across the brain. All other tests came back normal or negative. By this point the Dr's have no idea what it could be or how to treat it. The last test that was done was a biopsy of the meninges.
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