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What Does Single Focus Of Nonspecific Hyperintensity In Corona Radiata Mean?

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Hi, my 22 year old daughter had a grand mal seizure (no previous history of them) upon doing a MRI showed single small focus of nonspecific T2 hyperintensity in left corona rediata. what does this mean. Family history of brain anyursm, eplipsy and ms.

Fri, 26 Sep 2014
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The MRI brain shows a small white area on T 2 and this is not specific for any condition.The corona radiata is a part of the white matter in brain adjacent to lateral ventricles and not a critical area. This finding may have to do with a focus of decreased blood supply or loss of myelin covering of the nerves at that location. As such it is not a serious finding but might be responsible for seizures if EEG gives a similar correlation to general of abnormal brain activity.
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What Does Single Focus Of Nonspecific Hyperintensity In Corona Radiata Mean?

Hi, Thanks for writing in. The MRI brain shows a small white area on T 2 and this is not specific for any condition.The corona radiata is a part of the white matter in brain adjacent to lateral ventricles and not a critical area. This finding may have to do with a focus of decreased blood supply or loss of myelin covering of the nerves at that location. As such it is not a serious finding but might be responsible for seizures if EEG gives a similar correlation to general of abnormal brain activity.