Hi and welcome.....
Other than getting hit in the head with a ladder, were you having any symptoms?
If your MRI findings are only incidental and you are not having any symptoms, I would not worry to much about it right now.
I am sure that your doctor will explain what, if anything else that needs to be done.
I am sorry that you have this to worry about, is your head okay from the accident?
Were these results just mailed to you with no explanation!
Was there a particular reason you thought it might be MS? Were you having MS symptoms?
You really sound scared right now, do you have an appointment coming up?
Red
That's right - we're just folks who have had experience with radiologist's reports!
I have to say that report is much better than the typical report. They've paid attention to the location and size of the hyperintensities, as well as commented on the shape. No information about how many hyperintensities, which makes me think there are more than a few.
It's very difficult to figure out the anatomy from the radiologist's terms. Nobody's consistent on their description, and they vary in how specific they are.
And I don't know my brain anatomy all that well. I had to google callosum-septal, and what it looks like is a lesion in the corpus callosum, close to the septum. It's elongated, which makes it sound like it's following vascular spaces. You'll hear the term 'Dawson's Fingers' which is a description of the shape of the lesion. If a lesion follows the vascular space and has a circular or ovoid shape, it's indicative of an MS lesion.
"None show post-contrast enhancement." This indicates that you were administered gadolinium contrast with this MRI. None of the lesions enhanced, which means that they aren't new lesions.
"T2 shine-through artefact" There's a certain amount of 'artifacts' in an MRI scan. Some of those are because of motion during the scan. There's also some weird echoes if the magnets aren't properly adjusted. It sounds like the radiologist is saying that despite the artifacts, he's sure of his findings.
So the first thing is not to be sad, or afraid. If you are diagnosed with MS, there's no way of predicting your disease course. Let the doctors take a good look at you and follow their recommendations.
I have a lesion in the corpus callosum. Feel free to take a look at my profile - I have brain and spine MRIs posted, with the radiologist's reports.
If you have been following some of the posts on the board, you will find there won't be any professional views of your MRI. This board is not monitored by professionals. However, someone may come along that can give you their personal opinion of what the results mean. Unfortunately, I am not one of those...
Welcome to the board. I hope you find some answers and we are able to become a support group to you. Many of us came here afraid too and are willing to listen.