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What Does Encephalomalacia In The Brain In MRI Indicate?

Hi a few months ago I woke up with two black eyes and initially went to the ER because I thought my blood sugars were too high. As it turns out I had a concussion and two subdural hematomas. I was lucky, the only result was I was extremely spacy for a while and couldn t talk right but now i see on my medical record I have encephalomalacia on my brain. What is that. i know malacia means softening
Sat, 7 Mar 2020
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Hello and welcome to Ask A Doctor services.
I have read your query and here is my advise.

* As you already know the softening of brain tissue in form of
Encephalomalacia can be from various reasons leading to
inflammation or hemorrhage in the concerned region of the brain
matter.

* The most common causes among this condition are
- cerebrovascular stroke
- trauma leading to hemorrhage from vessel rupture or injury
- tumors compressing the surrounding tissue and compromised blood
supply to the concerned part of the brain

* It can pause various response on clinical grounds ranging from mild
to severe debilitating conditions in wide spread involvement of brain
either white or grey matter.

However, if you can provide me plates of your MRI or CT report, I would be in a better position to guide further in details.

Wish you best health and recovery.
Thanks.
Dr Bhagyesh ( MS consultant surgeon )
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What Does Encephalomalacia In The Brain In MRI Indicate?

Hello and welcome to Ask A Doctor services. I have read your query and here is my advise. * As you already know the softening of brain tissue in form of Encephalomalacia can be from various reasons leading to inflammation or hemorrhage in the concerned region of the brain matter. * The most common causes among this condition are - cerebrovascular stroke - trauma leading to hemorrhage from vessel rupture or injury - tumors compressing the surrounding tissue and compromised blood supply to the concerned part of the brain * It can pause various response on clinical grounds ranging from mild to severe debilitating conditions in wide spread involvement of brain either white or grey matter. However, if you can provide me plates of your MRI or CT report, I would be in a better position to guide further in details. Wish you best health and recovery. Thanks. Dr Bhagyesh ( MS consultant surgeon )