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What Do These Findings From CT Scan Of Brain Indicate?
Hello.My 6 month 20 days old baby has very little bit growth problem as she has not started sitting and holding neck is not strong and I visited a neurologist for checkup. He suggest EEG and CT scan of brain.EEG was cleared but CT scan report is shocking ... (report copy paste here) Plain C T Scan: Brain Technique: Imaging was performed with appropriately angled contiguous axial tomographic slices from the base of skull through to the vertex. Reporting was done from the images on CT workstation.Findings: CT appearances of the brain parenchyma appear normal. Gray and white matter are well differentiated. No evidence of intra cerebral / sub dural / extra dural bleed is present. No mid line shift is seen. Extra and intra cerebral CSF spaces are prominent for the age. Mild cerebral atrophy noted. Posterior fossa reveals nothing abnormal. Pituitary fossa is normal. In view sinuses are clear.INFERENCE:• Mild cerebral atrophy noted. Follow up MRI brain and clinical correlation suggested.Please help me whats wrong with my princes ... we are mentally torture every second of life.Regard,Muhammad Nasir
First of all, the CT image results posted by you indicate a very small area in brain has shrunk. Causes for it are many from infection to neurological issues. The baby is just 6 months old. That is why the doctor has suggested follow up MRIs to see the pattern if progression of the issue. Depending on that as well as clinical symptoms, further diagnosis can be made but this is too early to comment on anything for now.
So do not panic. Follow your doctor's advice on this. Do regular follow ups and if you observe any changes that are remarkable in the baby over time, then inform the doctor regularly. The doctor might suggest other few genetic tests or blood tests if required for more clarification.Keep the routine of the baby on food and everything as usual as per the doctor's advice.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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Dr. Manisha Auradkar, General & Family Physician
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What Do These Findings From CT Scan Of Brain Indicate?
Hello, First of all, the CT image results posted by you indicate a very small area in brain has shrunk. Causes for it are many from infection to neurological issues. The baby is just 6 months old. That is why the doctor has suggested follow up MRIs to see the pattern if progression of the issue. Depending on that as well as clinical symptoms, further diagnosis can be made but this is too early to comment on anything for now. So do not panic. Follow your doctor s advice on this. Do regular follow ups and if you observe any changes that are remarkable in the baby over time, then inform the doctor regularly. The doctor might suggest other few genetic tests or blood tests if required for more clarification.Keep the routine of the baby on food and everything as usual as per the doctor s advice. Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Manisha Auradkar, General & Family Physician