Hi,
Did you ever get results of further testing. I am having similar MRI results and I'm worried, Many Thanks
You are very kind and generous to take the time to respond to worried strangers on this forum. I am quite grateful! You've made me feel a bit more relaxed for the time being.
Hello.
Actually, you duration of symptoms is short. But the vascular problems may have been ongoing since a long time, and now they have come up to a level where they can produce symptoms.
Migraine is the first differential. The second differential for the MRI findings could be "normal". I am not saying that you don't have any problems. But, at least the MRI findings may be unrelated to your symptoms. Let us wait for the evoked potentials test and spine MRI.
Regards
Thank you so much for responding, Dr. Deshmukh!
Could migraines that only started so recently (4 months ago, tops) still cause several different lesions scattered about my brain? That is, is my history long enough for such damage to have occurred?
Hello.
The symptoms and signs that you have are not specific for MS. Multiple Sclerosis is a diagnosis of exclusion. When you fail to identify any other cause, you should think of MS.
Very often, the MRI picture described by is seen in Migraine headaches, or even may be normal. Migraine is a vascular disease. Over the years, if you have had migraines, not necessarily headaches, small blood vessels at some focal points fail to supply blood to the brain tissue, which dies. These focal points are small, and do not cause much clinical symptoms.
From your symptoms, I would think of Migraine as a major differential to MS. The zig zag visual phenomenon is quite typical of migraine.
Regards