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Low Grade Headache In Forehead. MRI Done. Recommend Treatment?
I suffer from extended low grade headaches in my forehead. I recently had a MRI & the results showed the following:
1. cerebellar tonsils are mildly low lying, 5mm below the foramen magnum.
2. prominent sulcation versus arachnoid cyst along the right frontal lobe measuring 1.6cm in maximum diamension.
3. mild diffuse cerebral volume loss, slightly greater than expected for patient's age
Pls advise what this all means & if a mode of treatment is recommended.
THANK YOU!
1. cerebellar tonsils are mildly low lying, 5mm below the foramen magnum.
2. prominent sulcation versus arachnoid cyst along the right frontal lobe measuring 1.6cm in maximum diamension.
3. mild diffuse cerebral volume loss, slightly greater than expected for patient's age
Pls advise what this all means & if a mode of treatment is recommended.
THANK YOU!
Wed, 28 Aug 2013
Hello and welcome to HCM,
The MRI of the brain shows a lesion in the frontal lobe of the brain (frontal lobe is located in the front region of the brain). This lesion can be a cyst (an empty space filled with fluid, water or blood) or a deep indentation in the brain matter.
There is loss of brain tissue which may be due to age.
The cerebellum, which is located in the brain stem region is pushed downwards from its position. This may be associated with the lesion in the frontal lobe of the brain.
The headache that you are suffering is due to this lesion.
The management consists of removal of the lesion in the frontal lobe.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal
The MRI of the brain shows a lesion in the frontal lobe of the brain (frontal lobe is located in the front region of the brain). This lesion can be a cyst (an empty space filled with fluid, water or blood) or a deep indentation in the brain matter.
There is loss of brain tissue which may be due to age.
The cerebellum, which is located in the brain stem region is pushed downwards from its position. This may be associated with the lesion in the frontal lobe of the brain.
The headache that you are suffering is due to this lesion.
The management consists of removal of the lesion in the frontal lobe.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal
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