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MRI RESULTS NOT SURE WHAT MEANS

I HAD AN MRI OF MY LOWER HEAD I WAS HAVING PAIN TOWARD BACK OF MY HEAD DOWN MY NECK SO THEY HAD ME DO A MRI I CANT UNDERSTAND IT CAN YOU CLARIFY IF POSSIBE IT SAID THIS
1. NUMEROUS BILATERAL COLLATERALS, WITHOUT EVIDENCE OF DURAL VENOUS SINUS OR JUGULAR THROMBOSIS . NONSPECIFIC AREAS OF WHITE MATTERS SIGNAL ABNORMALITY SHOULD THIS BE SERIOUS NOT SURE WHAT THIS MEAN.
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1093617 tn?1279302002
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Thank you for your question. Although without being able to placing your findings in context with clinical features and the results of other investigation such as hematological, MRI, I can not offer the specific advice & treatment you need. However, I will try to provide you some relevant information about your health concern.

Your symptoms may be associated with white matter disease. In white matter disease there is pathology associated with the brain white matter, either exclusively or in combination with grey matter changes. It occurs due to metabolism errors, exogenous toxins released by virus, autoimmune disease, leukodystrophy, demyelination, and radiation effects. Headache, spasticity, muscle weakness, paralysis, hyper-reflexia and movement disorder may be the clinical features associated with white matter disease that need to be evaluated thoroughly. However, it is sad to say that there is no permanent cure but conservative treatment & physiotherapy exercises that would help you to regain your normal function and stopping the further progression of the disease. Please consult a neurologist in this regards. Hope this helps.

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665881 tn?1248926997
Here is some more info about it from a different site.
(http://msj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/13/6/809)
The relation of focal white matter signal abnormality and focal volume loss in multiple sclerosis.

There were two aims to this study. First, to explore how the reduction in the volume of abnormal T2-signal intensity associated with white matter (WM) lesions in multiple sclerosis (MS) relates to tissue loss resulting from focal pathology inside lesions. Second, to demonstrate that this volume of abnormal T2-signal intensity underestimates the actual size of the region to which the direct effects of lesion activity extend. For these purposes, we used deformation field analysis to quantify the evolution of local atrophy associated with a chronic peri-ventricular lesion in a patient with secondary progressive MS. This subject had particular features that may not necessarily co-exist in a group of unselected patients, which enabled interesting observations to be made. We show, quantitatively, that the focal WM lesion was associated with adjacent regional WM volume loss, which was disproportionate to concurrent diffuse atrophy in the rest of the normal appearing brain tissue, and that the loss of volume associated with the lesion was partially reciprocated by local ventricular expansion. Our observations re-emphasise the complex relationship between the change in the volume of abnormal signal intensity on magnetic resonance images and the tissue volume change directly related to lesion pathology. Multiple Sclerosis 2007; 13: 809-813. http:// msj.sagepub.com


Key Words: atrophy • brain • lesion • MRI • multiple sclerosis
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665881 tn?1248926997
Hey, i just got this off some Dr's site
( http://www.netwellness.org/question.cfm/35267.htm )

The cause of white matters signal abnormality could be caused by:

Aging and risk factors such as hypertension and diabetes.  Sleep apnea, with the episodes of hypoxia, is another cause of these findings.  They are not exactly "normal" findings, as they are associated with increased risk for stroke and cognitive decline in the long term, but are not always indicative of a stroke."

I don't really know, but maybe like MS or something, because that can cause odd white and grey matter on the brain???


But i am not Dr, so take what i said with a grain of salt and get your reaal answers from the Dr.

Take care.
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