Some Images just posted

[alimcat]

Hi Everyone,
I was wondering if maybe anyone might be a little familiar with MRI images. I just uploaded some Axial view images of my cervical spine and there are all these white things. I have tried to look for other images online that look similar to mine but I can not find ANY. I attached one with this question, but you can see the two different types along with more images on my profile.  Any feedback is always appreciated, no matter what. Thank you in advance and I hope everyone is doing well today.

Alison

[alimcat]

Absolutely, I have been finding new things all the time on chiari malformation, I share the links as well. Knowledge is power. I just found out the Specialist I was trying to see will not be taking my insurance I guess they have too much going on on the inside right now, I knew it would be a case by case basis they told me that from the get go. I did however find a new one immediately and they do take my insurance so I requested the Doctor who will not be seeing me anymore to send over my info to the new specialist, I am hoping they will actually do it this time instead of just saying they will and then fining out 4 days later when I haven't heard from anyone that they never sent the information. Is that a normal thing? What is a reasonable time to wait before calling to check in?

[selmaS]

many times it can be the contrast that collects and looks like that...that is y I asked,...and this is y we r here to help share info so we all r more educated on this condition.....

    

[alimcat]

Oh. Haha! Well thank you for explaining to me, once again. I am a little on the unknowledgeable side when it comes to these things. You have actually helped me a lot. So then no it was not with contrast.

[selmaS]

  They would have injected it into u...and asked if u were allergic to the contrast material or dye....if u did not get an injection with this MRI, then it is not with contrast.

The contrast is a liquid  that helps light up smaller areas on an image.

[alimcat]

Ax_2D_MERGE_5 on this it shows up with a lot of white and AX_T1_FSE_4 shows up with the white things as black and still some areas but much less white. I posted 5 of each in my photos if you want to see the difference. So I am not sure if that helps with knowing whether there is or is not contrast. How would I find that information? or is there a particular kind that just has contrast?

[selmaS]

  The problem with MRI's is u can have what they call artifacts that show up, and it can be an issue with the machine, like a glitch or something, but basically it is something that shows up that is n't really there like a ghost imagine...

The report should mention artifact if that is the case...and it could be CSF ...was this with contrast?

[alimcat]

Hey Selma! Yeah I have the report and I just had my images sent over with my records to hopefully a chiari specialist. (they said they are, we will see) the report doesn't say anything about the white spots but they also told me that the 3 mm dilation in my central spinal cord canal was normal, so I'm not really going by this report anymore. Also my doctor is not going to take me as a patient any longer because I do research online and because I asked for a second opinion for the concern of chiari. I was looking up images on line I just can't seem to find anything like mine so I figured I'd throw it out there and see if maybe anyone had an idea about it. I was just wondering if maybe it was csf pouches or something. Idk either. Haha!! Thanks for checking into it though! :-) hope you are doing well and having a nice day.
Alison