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What Causes White Spots On The Skull?

my mother has had ms for almost 15ys she has the least progressive kind she just had an mri and was told they found white spots on her skull but her brain looks fine ( no changes from last one) and want her to have a bone scan she is very upset and i couldn t ask her many questions but was wondering what this can mean
Mon, 21 Nov 2016
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These 'white spots' on the MRI are areas where the myelin (coating of the nerve cells) are lost. That is how MS develops actually. These a called demyelinations and they are seen as white lesions on an MRI brain.
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What Causes White Spots On The Skull?

These white spots on the MRI are areas where the myelin (coating of the nerve cells) are lost. That is how MS develops actually. These a called demyelinations and they are seen as white lesions on an MRI brain.