qustion for Dr. Kantor: Medullary lesions and neck pain

[jakimbo]

I just posted the previous quesion on last Thursday. I have progressive MS. Perhaps it would help to state that in my last MRI  I  had two lesions in the medulla, that were determened to be 1.9 cm and 2.3 cm. (I don't know how the judge what that means!) I am also experiencing dull neck pain. As I said in the last post, I know that the data does not indicate a direct correclation with syptoms and hte existence of lesions. But could the pain possibly due to the lesions? Does the size even matter? I know that even a small lesion could have impact because the medulla is such a small region.

My problem is that I don't know how lesion  actually work. Can they press upon the nerves, and prevent signals from going through? Thanks so much.

[Lulu54]

you might want to add it onto the post there that he has answered about the neck pain.

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/749080

often he will go back and add more if you still have questions.

[Lulu54]

Hi Jakimbo,
Dr. Kantor has his own forum and doesn't post on this one - you need to go to the expert forum for his questions.

I can't help with the pain question, but did you get a chance to look at the Temple EDU site I posted earlier today?  

Also, I think maybe you have the wrong impression of what a lesion is in this instance.  The lesion is an area of damage, and is not a growth as you question seems to imply.  Lesions do not press on the nerves, they are actually where the nerves are damaged.  

There is more information about this on the health pages that will be of help.

My best,
Lu

PS you will want to repost this on the expert forum for Dr. Kantor