Quix I need your help please!

[Chrsyvn]

Hi,Can you please Help answer a few questions for me?I had the Mri of my brain which showed lesions,(possible ms).My question is this,I had the Mri of brain and spine and two different people wrote the final reports,my cervical Mri reads round lesion in the C6 vertebral body measuring 10mmX10mm,This demonstrates increased signal intensity on stir T2 weighted sequence.C5 is Isointence on T1 weighted sequence,This demonstrates enhancement on post contrast.There is also lesion in the T2 vertebral body measuring 6mm X 6mm with same signal characteristics and enhancement pattern.   So I wonder since two different people read/wrote the reports and the one of cervical he says the lesions are most likely Hemangiomas,but i wondered if they could be ms lesions and if not is it anything to worry about and what's Isointence mean?Please,Any info would be very helpful!   :)Thanx again,Chrissy:)                  

[Chrsyvn]

Thanx Ashley:)yea i think any time you hear of something growing in your bones its pretty scary,I don't really know anything about Hemangiomas but it did scare me when i first heard of them.How big is your?Do you no and do they cause you pain?Thanx again best wishes:)                   Chrissy:)

[Chrsyvn]

Thanx Alot for the answers again,Ive heard of these being confused with cancer,is this true and isn't The size pretty big to be inside a bone especially cervical?I haven't seen a doc for this,should I make an appt?:)thanx again,many hugs:)               Chrissy

[ashleyPT]

I should figure out how to post of a picture of my ridiculously huge hemangiomas.  I have looked at a lot of MRIs and I had never seen one, nor was it covered in our radiology class.  When I saw mine on an image, I totally freaked - they look so much worse than they are.

[Quixotic1]

Hi, No the lesions described by both refer to lesions in the bone - the vertebra.  Lesions here that enhance are usually hemangiomas (clusters of blood vessels).  These have nothing to do with MS.

The hemangiomas there usually cause no problems, but if they become very large they can weaken the bone there.  The orthopedist usually wants to follow them.

Isointense - means "of the same intensity" as the surrounding area.  So it is neither brighter nor darker.

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