Findings: There is a focus of high T2/FLAIR signal intensity in the right corona radiata, nonspecific. Several small subcortical foci of abnormal signal also indentified. No additional areas of abnormal enhancement are indentified.
Impression: Several foci of high signal in the subcotical white matter, nonspecific, but atpical in appearance for demyelinating or chronic ischemic disease. Similar abnormalities are commonly seen in patients with migraine headaches, and clinical correlation is advised.
Any ideas? I think it says that it indicates migraines. I rarley (once a year) get migraines. Thanks.
Posted by hiker53 (Member # 6046) on :
It certainly says you do not have a neurological disease like MS or ALS! Posted by k-lyme (Member # 5574) on :
Did you have a neurologist order this MRI? If not, you might want to consult with one after you talk to your LLMD. Off the record, your MRI says that you have several small lesions in your brain located in the subcortical white matter. It continues on to say that the appearance of your lesions are atypical for demyelinating or chronic ischemic disease (basically that unless your doctor determines otherwise, it is unlikely that your lesions mean that you have these conditions.) These findings are consistent with Neuro-Lyme. However, this is where I disagree with hiker, you might want to check with a nuerologist (preferably lyme literate) as to whether this could be MS as your MRI findings could also be consistent with that.
Take Care, K-lyme
Posted by david1097 (Member # 3662) on :
Noteworthy is that infectious process has not been ruled in or out. If I recall correctly such presentation can occur with things like herpes and a number of bacterial infections amoung other things.
If you can't get anyone to make anything out of the report you can send it in to a MRI reading service where there are quite a few MRI experts that will consult amoungst each other if it is an odd case.
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