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MRI and LP Results-Appt tomorrow
I had the lumbar puncture on Friday. Called the neuro's office today, and they DO have the results. I have an appointment tomorrow afternoon (1/24) to see what she has found out. Today I was counting up the people I personally know who have MS, and it's four. So, if there are 400,000 people in the US with it, I know .001% of them! My thought process has been, "Well, if I do have it, maybe it'll be kind of symptomless like friend A." But then I got to thinking about friends B, C, and D, and they're all in wheelchairs. So then I quit thinking about it. Yeah, right.
MRI Reports to keep bumped up in case Quix feels up to reading: Brain (open MRI): 1. No acute intracranial abnormality. 2. Small singular nonspecific white matter lesion in the insular white matter on the left anteriorly. The remaining white matter tracks are unremarkable through the brain, brainstem and posterior fossa. 3. Remainder of the brain is unremarkable.
C-Spine (closed MRI) 1. Multiple areas of increassed T2 signal within the cervical cord suspicious for a demyelinating process, such as MS. 2. Mild to moderate multilevel degenerative changes with associated neural encroachment. (Details below)
1. Multiple areas of increased T2 signal within the cervical cord: there is a small focus in the left lateral aspect of the cord at the level of the C3-C4 interspace, a focus of abnormal signal is noted within the right lateral cervical cord at approximately level of the C4-C5 interspace, and a larger patchy area of abnormal signal within the cervical cord extending from the level of the C6 to C7 vertebral bodies. There is no evidence of associated enhancement on postcontrast images.
2. C2-C3 Unremarkable; C3-C4 Left-sided facet hypertrophy which results in moderate left-sided neural foraminal nearing. C4-C5 Minimal disc osteophyte complex w/o associated neural encroachment. C5-C6 Small disk osteophyte complex w/o associated neural encroachment. C6-C7 Diffuse disk osteophyte complex. This results in mild central canal stenosis with effacement of the anterior CSF. There is also mild bilateral neural foraminal narrowing. C7-T1 Small left paracentral disc protusion w/o significant associated neural encroachment.
Normal alignment of cervical vertebrae. Diffuse disc desiccation with mild loss of disc height at C6-C7. Discogenic endplate changes are present. Marrow signal is otherwise unremarkable.
Holly
MRI Reports to keep bumped up in case Quix feels up to reading: Brain (open MRI): 1. No acute intracranial abnormality. 2. Small singular nonspecific white matter lesion in the insular white matter on the left anteriorly. The remaining white matter tracks are unremarkable through the brain, brainstem and posterior fossa. 3. Remainder of the brain is unremarkable.
C-Spine (closed MRI) 1. Multiple areas of increassed T2 signal within the cervical cord suspicious for a demyelinating process, such as MS. 2. Mild to moderate multilevel degenerative changes with associated neural encroachment. (Details below)
1. Multiple areas of increased T2 signal within the cervical cord: there is a small focus in the left lateral aspect of the cord at the level of the C3-C4 interspace, a focus of abnormal signal is noted within the right lateral cervical cord at approximately level of the C4-C5 interspace, and a larger patchy area of abnormal signal within the cervical cord extending from the level of the C6 to C7 vertebral bodies. There is no evidence of associated enhancement on postcontrast images.
2. C2-C3 Unremarkable; C3-C4 Left-sided facet hypertrophy which results in moderate left-sided neural foraminal nearing. C4-C5 Minimal disc osteophyte complex w/o associated neural encroachment. C5-C6 Small disk osteophyte complex w/o associated neural encroachment. C6-C7 Diffuse disk osteophyte complex. This results in mild central canal stenosis with effacement of the anterior CSF. There is also mild bilateral neural foraminal narrowing. C7-T1 Small left paracentral disc protusion w/o significant associated neural encroachment.
Normal alignment of cervical vertebrae. Diffuse disc desiccation with mild loss of disc height at C6-C7. Discogenic endplate changes are present. Marrow signal is otherwise unremarkable.
Holly
Best of Luck and here's hoping you get the answers you are looking for!
Lots of Hugs,
Rena705
Lots of Hugs,
Rena705
Wishing you good luck today, let us know what the Dr has to say about all these findings.
be well,
SL
be well,
SL
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