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What Is The Implication For The Tiny Calcific Foci At The Parietal Lobe?
I had a stroke in October 2013, and my doctor said I should do a brain ct scan, the result of the scan indicate that there is a tiny 7 mm rounded calcific foci at the right supero- parietal lobe. And one year later I did the scan again it is still the same result. What is the implication. My stroke condition has improved greatly.
Fri, 24 Jan 2014
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
First of all, I would like to reassure you that your CT scan finding is not of concern and there is no need to worry.
Calcific focus of 7 mm is most often due to healed tapeworm infection called as neurocysticercosis.
The finding is not related to your old stroke.
Calcified lesion may cause seizures (fits) in a small number of people.
Please discuss with your neurologist.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
First of all, I would like to reassure you that your CT scan finding is not of concern and there is no need to worry.
Calcific focus of 7 mm is most often due to healed tapeworm infection called as neurocysticercosis.
The finding is not related to your old stroke.
Calcified lesion may cause seizures (fits) in a small number of people.
Please discuss with your neurologist.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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