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what does the following MRI reading in an 85 yr old male mean? there is a moderate sized area of encephalomalacia in the left parietal lobe, moderate senile atrophy,deep and periventricular white matter demyelination and proportionate ventriculomegaly
HI Well come to HCM I really appreciate your concern, this is the geriatric changes but it need to be clinically well correlated it may be asymptomatic some time but again I would say that clinical correlation is must, hope this information helps, take care and have a nice day
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What Does This MRI Scan Finding Indicate?
HI Well come to HCM I really appreciate your concern, this is the geriatric changes but it need to be clinically well correlated it may be asymptomatic some time but again I would say that clinical correlation is must, hope this information helps, take care and have a nice day