I do have CM and symptoms from it. On a routine MRI in November, a brain mass was noted and I had surgery on the temporal lobe to remove it in Dec 2010 (3 months post-op today!!!). My CM symptoms have been increasing with great frequency and flaring. My NS feels I am a candidate for decompression, but wants to rule out MS as a contributing factor since I now have more and more brain lesions showing up on MRI's (and the symptoms b/t CM and MS can be so similar). So, here's the preliminary results from the LP yesterday (still waiting on oligiclonal bands). Thoughts???
Monos, Absolute: 0.5
Lymphs, Absolute: 2.2
Eos, Absolute: 0.0
Baso, Absolute: 0.0
IgG, CSF 1.40
Albumin, CSF 14.4
IgG Albumin Ratio .10
IgG, Serum 1130
Albumin, Serum 5110
Ratio, Serum 0.22
Index, CSF .45
Thoughts??