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What Does My Following MRI Indicate?
hi, I had an MRI and these were the findings: the ventricles and basal cisterns are patent. There is no evidence of hemorrhage, mass effect, or midline shift. No extra-axial fluid collections are seen. There is no evidence of diffusion restriction to suggest infarction. Bilateral periventricular white matter hpterintense foci are seen on the T2 and FLAIR sequences with no corresponding diffusion abnormalities. Paranasal sinuses and mastoid air cells are patent. Please, can you explain to me what this means.
Tue, 18 Nov 2014
Hello
Bilateral periventricular white matter hypterintensity foci seen on the T2 and FLAIR sequences may be due to many reasons like microvascular ischemic disease of the brain resulting from involvement of small blood vessels,demyelination etc.
Ischemic changes results from blood vessels changes in diseases like hypertension,diabetes mellitus,dyslipidemia.
So,you need monitoring of conditions that leads to ischemic changes like hypertension,altered lipid profile,diabetes mellitus so that further progression of disease can be halted.
You need investigations like routine hemogram,RBS,LFT,RFT,Lipid profile,ultrasound of abdomen.
Treatment depend upon findings.
Other findings are normal.
Take Care
Dr.Indu Bhushan
Bilateral periventricular white matter hypterintensity foci seen on the T2 and FLAIR sequences may be due to many reasons like microvascular ischemic disease of the brain resulting from involvement of small blood vessels,demyelination etc.
Ischemic changes results from blood vessels changes in diseases like hypertension,diabetes mellitus,dyslipidemia.
So,you need monitoring of conditions that leads to ischemic changes like hypertension,altered lipid profile,diabetes mellitus so that further progression of disease can be halted.
You need investigations like routine hemogram,RBS,LFT,RFT,Lipid profile,ultrasound of abdomen.
Treatment depend upon findings.
Other findings are normal.
Take Care
Dr.Indu Bhushan
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