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Chronic Bilateral Trigeminal Neuralgia, MRI Shows Hyper Intensities In Left Frontal Lobe. What Are The Causes ?
I'm a 42 year old female, no hypertension. I have chronic bilateral trigeminal neuralgia. I had a brain MRI 6 years ago, which was normal. Had it repeated last year and the report now states "hyper-intensities with a 0.4mm hyper-intensity located in the left FRONTAL lobe. May be due to "Old Ischemia."
What would have been the event that caused these changes to my left frontal lobe? The doctor said there are several tiny dots of hyperintensity and one the size of 0.4mm. They are all in the area of my LEFT FRONTAL LOBE. Thank you.
What would have been the event that caused these changes to my left frontal lobe? The doctor said there are several tiny dots of hyperintensity and one the size of 0.4mm. They are all in the area of my LEFT FRONTAL LOBE. Thank you.
Mon, 1 Jul 2013
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Trigeminal neuralgia and the MRI finding are unrelated, after 4 decade of life, small ischemic areas are common finding in CT and MRI scan, without any clinical symptoms, but of course if you are taking triglyceric antidepressant for trigeminal neuralgia it could be the cause of brain findings, but you need not worry. Have great life
Trigeminal neuralgia and the MRI finding are unrelated, after 4 decade of life, small ischemic areas are common finding in CT and MRI scan, without any clinical symptoms, but of course if you are taking triglyceric antidepressant for trigeminal neuralgia it could be the cause of brain findings, but you need not worry. Have great life
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