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what does nonspecific axial FLAIR hyperintense focus is demontrated within the right frontal subcortical white matter mean.
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338416 tn?1420045702
Hey, here's a link that might tell you more about your MRI and how to interpret the results.

http://www.radiologyassistant.nl/en/4556dea65db62

It's so difficult to read your own MRIs, because there's a lot of structures in the brain that can be misinterpreted.  

I think after four years of looking at mine, I still haven't found the punctate hyperintensities that they're talking about.  However, I think there is a lesion in the brainstem that they missed!
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1221035 tn?1301000508
hi...
nonspecific means that the lesions are not specific to a certain disease....they could be caused from different things..such as migraines, vascular, age....etc.

Axial is the cross section view of the brain.

Flair (fluid-attenuated inversion recovery) is a setting on the MRI machine.

hyperintense focus....means it showed up as a lighter brighter area or lesion.

The right frontal subcortical white matter is the region in the brain that the lesion is seen.
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338416 tn?1420045702
It means you have an area of hyperintensity within the right frontal subcortical white matter.
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