What does this mean...

My Mum has had an MRI Scan, she has recently had stage 2 non small cell lung cancer which she had an upper left lobectomy. 4 weeks ago she had a bloody clot that blocked her right lung and had to have a 'clot buster' to sort it out. she spent 3 weeks in ITU. when she woke up it was apparent tht she had had some sort of a stroke probably caused by the clot buster. These are her results of an mri but not a very good one as she was moving around.
'NON SPECIFIC FOCAL AREAS INCREASED SIGNAL INTENSITY WITHIN DEEP WHITE MATTER IN RELATION TO SUPERIOR ASPECTS OF BOTH LATERAL VENTICLES. A FUTHER SMALL FOCUS OF INCREASED SIGNAL INTENSITY IS SEEN CORRESPONDING TO DEEP WHITE MATTER OF THE OCCIPITAL LOBE. NO ASSOCIATED PERIPHERAL ODEMA. THERE IS A DIFFERENTIAL FOR THESE APPAERENCES SUSPECTED IN VEIW OF PATIENTS AGE 69 YRS MOST LIKELY VASCULAR IN ORIGIN HOWEVER NOT ABLE TO GIVE IV CONTRAST AS PART OF THE STUDY AND CONSEQUESTLY CANT EXCLUDE POSSIBILITY THAT THEY REPRESENT SAMLL MATASTASES. NO OTHER ABNORMALITITY ON THIS STUDY.

[DrNoopurMD]

Hi,

How are you?
According to the MRI report shows some changes in the brain which are most likely vascular in origin keeping her age in mind that is they can be due to stroke but they can also be metastasis from lung cancer.
Since the MRI was done without contrast it is very difficult to differentiate between the two.
Hope this helps!

[mando175]

Thank you for getting back to me.