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Re: BRAIN ABNORMALITIES
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Re: BRAIN ABNORMALITIES
by CARMEL__0, Jan 01, 1995 12:00AM
Posted By CARMEL on February 06, 1999 at 22:18:28:
In Reply to: BRAIN ABNORMALITIES posted by CARMEL DOYLE on February 04, 1999 at 22:29:36:
MY SON DEVIN HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERAL MENTAL DISORDERS TOLIST A FEW ARE BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER, OBESSIVE/COMPULSIVE THERE IS ALSO A HISTORY OF RITUALISTIC BEHAVIOR, HIS MEDICAL HISTORY IS SIGNIFICANT FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS IN WALKING AT 17 MOS,FIRST WORDS AT 2 YRS,OLD POTTY-TRAINED TILL HE WAS 4YRS, HE HAS A HISTORY OF MENINGITIS AT 18 MONTHS POSSIBILY HYDROCEPHALUS,HIS HEAD APPEARS SOMEWHAT LARGE AT 53 CMS ,ALSO HE HAS SOME POSTURING ON STRESS WALKING, ALSO DEVIN HAS SEIZURES FROM AN EEG TEST RESULT THEY ARE EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGES WERE NOTED AS FOCAL SPECIFIC EPILEPTIFORM ABNORMALITIES THAT HAVE HIGH CLINICAL CORRELATION WITH SEIZURES AND INDICATE SITES OF ORIGIN FOR THEM. EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGES WERE NOTED IN THE RIGHT FRONTO-CENTRO-TEMPORAL AREAS. SLEEP TRANSIENTS WERE BETTER DEVOLPED OVER THE LEFT HEMISPHERE, SUGGESTING FOCAL DYSFUNCTION OF THE RIGHT HEMISPHERE.ON AN MRI TEST THEY HAVE GAVE ME RESULTS OF THE CALVARIUM HAS A PLAGIOCEPHALIC CONFIGURATION BEING FLATTENED IN THE RIGHT PARIETO- OCCIPITAL REGION. VENTRICLES ARE MINIMALLY PROMINENT WITH IN LIMITS, THE EXTRA- AXIAL FLUID SPACES ARE NORMAL. THER ARE FOCAL WELL DEFINED SIGNAL ABNORMALITIES IN THE REGION OF THE POSTERIOR LIMB OF THE INTERNAL CAPSULE ON THE LEFT/POSTERIOR PUTAMEN.SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS ARE CONSISTENT WITH CSF.MUCOSAL THICKING OF THE ETHMOIDS ORBITS ARE GROSSLY UNREMARKABLE. PLEASE IF YOU COULD SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS FOR ME AND EXPLAIN WHAT ALL OF THIS MEANS TO ME I WOULD LIKE IT BECAUSE I WANT TO GET MY SON SOME HELP BUT WHEN YOU DONT KNOW WHAT TO CALL HIS ILLNESS IT IS HARD, DEVIN CANT EXPRESS HIS EMOTIONS BUT ONLY IN ANGER HE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH HE TAKES SPECIAL CLASSES IN SCHOOL ALONG WITH SPEECH AND OT/PT HE HAS BEEN RECENTLY DIAGNOSED BI LATERALLY HANDICAPIED IN HIS HANDS AND SEEMS TO BE HAVING MORE AND MORE SEIZURES HE COMPLAINS HIS HEAD HURTS ALL THE TIME AND BECOMES LIFELESS WHEN THIS HAPPENS HE GOES TO CHILDRENS HOSIPTIAL IN ANDERSON AND HAS SPENT A MONTH IN THE HOSPTIAL WHERE HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ALL THIS INFORMATION I AM SENDING YOU SO PLEASE HELP ME IF YOU CAN .
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT COULD BE WRONG WITH MY SON , I AM IN TERIBLE PAIN WANTING TO HELP HIM GET BETTER BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD HE WILL ONLY GET WORSE AND HAVE TO BE HOSPTIALIZED FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS TIME
In Reply to: BRAIN ABNORMALITIES posted by CARMEL DOYLE on February 04, 1999 at 22:29:36:
MY SON DEVIN HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERAL MENTAL DISORDERS TOLIST A FEW ARE BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER, OBESSIVE/COMPULSIVE THERE IS ALSO A HISTORY OF RITUALISTIC BEHAVIOR, HIS MEDICAL HISTORY IS SIGNIFICANT FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS IN WALKING AT 17 MOS,FIRST WORDS AT 2 YRS,OLD POTTY-TRAINED TILL HE WAS 4YRS, HE HAS A HISTORY OF MENINGITIS AT 18 MONTHS POSSIBILY HYDROCEPHALUS,HIS HEAD APPEARS SOMEWHAT LARGE AT 53 CMS ,ALSO HE HAS SOME POSTURING ON STRESS WALKING, ALSO DEVIN HAS SEIZURES FROM AN EEG TEST RESULT THEY ARE EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGES WERE NOTED AS FOCAL SPECIFIC EPILEPTIFORM ABNORMALITIES THAT HAVE HIGH CLINICAL CORRELATION WITH SEIZURES AND INDICATE SITES OF ORIGIN FOR THEM. EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGES WERE NOTED IN THE RIGHT FRONTO-CENTRO-TEMPORAL AREAS. SLEEP TRANSIENTS WERE BETTER DEVOLPED OVER THE LEFT HEMISPHERE, SUGGESTING FOCAL DYSFUNCTION OF THE RIGHT HEMISPHERE.ON AN MRI TEST THEY HAVE GAVE ME RESULTS OF THE CALVARIUM HAS A PLAGIOCEPHALIC CONFIGURATION BEING FLATTENED IN THE RIGHT PARIETO- OCCIPITAL REGION. VENTRICLES ARE MINIMALLY PROMINENT WITH IN LIMITS, THE EXTRA- AXIAL FLUID SPACES ARE NORMAL. THER ARE FOCAL WELL DEFINED SIGNAL ABNORMALITIES IN THE REGION OF THE POSTERIOR LIMB OF THE INTERNAL CAPSULE ON THE LEFT/POSTERIOR PUTAMEN.SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS ARE CONSISTENT WITH CSF.MUCOSAL THICKING OF THE ETHMOIDS ORBITS ARE GROSSLY UNREMARKABLE. PLEASE IF YOU COULD SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS FOR ME AND EXPLAIN WHAT ALL OF THIS MEANS TO ME I WOULD LIKE IT BECAUSE I WANT TO GET MY SON SOME HELP BUT WHEN YOU DONT KNOW WHAT TO CALL HIS ILLNESS IT IS HARD, DEVIN CANT EXPRESS HIS EMOTIONS BUT ONLY IN ANGER HE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH HE TAKES SPECIAL CLASSES IN SCHOOL ALONG WITH SPEECH AND OT/PT HE HAS BEEN RECENTLY DIAGNOSED BI LATERALLY HANDICAPIED IN HIS HANDS AND SEEMS TO BE HAVING MORE AND MORE SEIZURES HE COMPLAINS HIS HEAD HURTS ALL THE TIME AND BECOMES LIFELESS WHEN THIS HAPPENS HE GOES TO CHILDRENS HOSIPTIAL IN ANDERSON AND HAS SPENT A MONTH IN THE HOSPTIAL WHERE HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ALL THIS INFORMATION I AM SENDING YOU SO PLEASE HELP ME IF YOU CAN .
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT COULD BE WRONG WITH MY SON , I AM IN TERIBLE PAIN WANTING TO HELP HIM GET BETTER BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD HE WILL ONLY GET WORSE AND HAVE TO BE HOSPTIALIZED FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS TIME
