i have a rt lobe venous angioma. I

no one will tell me if this a rare form of cancer,or give me a explanation why my whole rt side of my body is shall say not working like normal.the headace are unbearable.my symptoms sem to be getting worse.My lasy mri showed possible tumor in rt posterior lobe.I am a nurse for 25years and kn this is not normal.they said i had a stroke but rt side seems only to be affected.I have now lost my job and have no insurance.We how that goes! they sd biopsy was not a option due to location in the brain.NEED HELP.THANK YOU

[Abhijeet Ghosh]

Dear Barb,
Dr Anurag has given you very good illustration of the condition.
Don't worry about the focus of your treating doctor.Just you need to trust him.Because he is the one who knows each and every minor details of the problems you are going through.
Don't worry about the MRI report.Just need to discuss more freely with him.
Regards

[Dr. A. Srivastava]

Thank you very much for your questions; although it is quite difficult for me to give you a precise opinion here without having seen you in clinic, but I would like to provide you some useful information. Venous angiomas are variants in the brain’s normal venous system.  Usually, the venous pathways are separated by normal brain tissue but in venous angioma there is an abnormal appearance of few normal veins. These veins also act like normal veins from a physiologic perspective. Therefore, venous angiomas are very often benign, but 1/3 of the patients have associated with other brain malformations that carry a higher morbidity/mortality.  Most of the times venous angiomas are quickly identified on MRI, but some of the smaller vascular malformations may be difficult to identify. Since you have symptoms of headache, hemiparesis (paralysis of half body), I would recommend you to see a neurologist who can evaluate the details of your case and could better determine the insight of your situation.  If your neurologist identifies further warning signs he or she would like to refer you to a neurosurgeon much sooner.  Hope this helps.

[barb2010]

also on my mri was ,i wil call them lesions going down both sides of my neck. They say it is related but i am unfamilar with this? any advise.the neuro is more focxused on the brain.but this seems to be branching out.is this possible.Thank you for your time.