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What Does The White Matter In My Tomography Scan Result Indicate?

coronal contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan result:
"in the right parietal occipital junction central white matter there is 1 1/2 cm to 2cm area of slight increased attenuation.

there is pooling of CSF, subtle edema, homogenous enhancement, and ventricular dilatation are demonstrated.

-what is the meaning of this? pls help. thanks
Wed, 10 Sep 2014
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1.The MRI features suggest features of infarct with features of oedema.
2.The oedema on the MRI T2 looks like increased signal intensity.
3.There is features of pooling of the CSF noted.
4.Nomogeneous enhancement ( equally uptake of the contrast)
5.There is ventricular dilatation noted with in.
6.Features suggestive of occlusion cause with features of oedema and mass effect with dilated ventricular system.

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What Does The White Matter In My Tomography Scan Result Indicate?

Welcome to Health care magic. 1.The MRI features suggest features of infarct with features of oedema. 2.The oedema on the MRI T2 looks like increased signal intensity. 3.There is features of pooling of the CSF noted. 4.Nomogeneous enhancement ( equally uptake of the contrast) 5.There is ventricular dilatation noted with in. 6.Features suggestive of occlusion cause with features of oedema and mass effect with dilated ventricular system. Hope it helps you. Wish you a good health. Anything to ask ? do not hesitate. Thank you.