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What Does Hyperintensities In Deep White Matter Of Bilateral Frontal Lobe In Brain MRI Mean ?

I was advised by Neurologist to carry out MRI of brain and

MRI REPORT OF BRAIN


FEW T2 AND FLAIR WEIGHTED HYPERINTENSITIES ARE SEEN IN DEEP WHITE MATTER OF BILATERAL FRONTAL LOBE IN HIGHER SECTION LIKELY CHRONIC ISCHEMIC FOCI

Please explain me the disease in detail.

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DR V K JAIN, (PROFESSOR CHEMISTRY) AGE 51 YEARS


Mon, 24 Feb 2014
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White matter Hyper intensities(WMH) of brain indicate either ischaemia or dementia.They usually represent small vessel disease.They are also useful to assess effectiveness of treatment
They are associated with frontal hypometabolism and executive dysfunction.WMH have a stronger effects on glucose metabolism in that region and cortical atrophy,
Frontal WMH was associated with memory dysfunction in nondemented subjects.
They are more likely to occur in bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.
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What Does Hyperintensities In Deep White Matter Of Bilateral Frontal Lobe In Brain MRI Mean ?

Hi White matter Hyper intensities(WMH) of brain indicate either ischaemia or dementia.They usually represent small vessel disease.They are also useful to assess effectiveness of treatment They are associated with frontal hypometabolism and executive dysfunction.WMH have a stronger effects on glucose metabolism in that region and cortical atrophy, Frontal WMH was associated with memory dysfunction in nondemented subjects. They are more likely to occur in bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder. So I hope this answers your query and if you have any further queries ,you can ask us.