Pineal Gland

[Cass0921]

HI, I just recently had an MRI done on both my brain and neck and jsut received my results, however, I am unable to get back in to see my neurologists until January 1st.  The results are as follows:

Impressions:
1)Marked left maxillary sinus mucosal thickening

2) 8 mm probable pineal gland cyst.

3) mild nonspecific periventricular white matter gliosis adjacent to the right frontal horn.

4)mild disc degeneration with disc protrusions and visible annular fissures at c5-c6 and c6-c7. Mild spinal stenosis and slight flattening of the ventral cord at cd-c6.

5) mild neural foraminal narrowing on the left at c3-c4 on the right at c4-c5 and bilaterally at c5-c6


Can you please explain to me what this all means? Could I have MS (my dad also has it)? and is the pineal gland cyst something I need to worry about? Thank you in advance for your help.

[Azlemed]

I too have bad headaches and a pineal gland cyst, I am in limbo land for ms because of white matter lesions and sensory issues. good luck with your journey

[HVAC]

Someone was telling about migraine treatment this week but I did not quiet understand it.

Alex

[Cass0921]

thank you for your input, I truly appreciate it getting feedback from other people. None of my results are trauma related. The only reason I found out I had all of this is because I have had SEVERE migraines that just wont go away without any time of medication.

[supermum_ms]

Hi and welcome, please be aware that the community is made up of people living with MS, going through the dx process and family of someone with MS, opinions are not professional opinions......

1 basically means there is some sinus inflammation

2 sorry but I personally know nothing about pineal gland cysts, apart from them typically being benign and off the top of my head it's located in the mid brain.

3 the periventricular is one of the location listed in the MS Mcdonald diagnostic criteria but the way it's written is not the language we usually see when talking about lesions, periventricular lesions are caused by other conditions too eg migraine, etc

4 & 5 Multiple spinal issues found - disc degeneration, disc protrusions, visible annular fissures, spinal stenosis, slight flattening of the ventral cord, bilateral neural foraminal narrowing. Your quite young for these type of results unless it's trauma related, or possibly contact sports, i would say your spine MRI may be the most informative, you don't mention your sx's but it's possible the cause of your problems.

Hope that helped a little, but don't forget i'm not medically trained!

Cheers..........JJ