Lesions location ~ juxtacortical, infratentorial, yada, yada .....

[6-paq]

OK, I've been looking everywhere and cannot get a specific description as to where these locations of the brain are.

Anyone have a good "cheat sheet"?

Also, I have 2 "punctate" lesions in the Corona Radiata....  So, what section of the brain is this and is this a typical spot for MS lesions or migraines or ????

And, what constitutes the White Matter????

[6-paq]

Thanks for the replies and the link everyone!   That helps.

I've also read about "subcortical", so I'm assuming that is "inside" the cortex too (or the "cortica... thing".   :-)

Maybe below the "juxtacortical"???  Or is it part of the "juxtacortical"???    :-P

And that's an interesting tidbit about lesion patterns and genetics....  Have to look into that.

[JemmAus]

Does "juxta" mean next  to? It's 6am here so forgive me if I'm wrong, but I think "juxtacortical" would mean "next to the cortica...thing"

[angie99]

Try www.mult-sclerosis.org  then go to CNS there is all kinds of stuff.

[jensequitur]

Infratentorial... I think this means outside the cortex, but still inside the skull.  I'm digging in my memory here, and trying to remember if the doc said the tentorium is an actual sack surrounding the cortex, or if it's just the name for anything in that area.

And juxtacortical means inside the cortex.  I think.

Corona Radiata...  It's not a typical spot for MS lesions.  If they're going to form in that area, it's usually the corpus callosum.  However, I wouldn't worry too much about typical.  I hear so many non-typical examples that I begin to wonder why they're calling the usual lesions 'typical.'

In fact, they're beginning to discover that different genetic heritages can cause lesion patterns in different areas.  Don't remember where I read that... probably Medscape.