I am 37 years old and have been haveing ongoing problems for awhile now.It was a Headache that took me to the ER. I had been haveing ongoing headaches for a few months the last one had gone on for 26 days.The Hospital keep me for 6 days running a bunh of test.I my self along with a few friends have been thinking it was either MS or LUPUS.Still I am ongoing trying to get a DX.No luck on that .However the eye Dr.Came in and through test,Spinal Tap, draining30 cc of fluid determined I had IIH - intercranial
Hypertention.I'm on meds for it now.I think they are starting to not work.
I did have a MRI of the Sella/Pituitary : findings mri of the sella pit was performed in the sagittal , axial and coronal projectionsutilizing mutiple pulse imaging sequences.
The Pituitary appears to be within the upper limitsof normal in size.A partially empty sella defority is demonstrated . No discrete pituitary mass is noted. The stalk is midline in locationand the optic chiasm is unremarkable.
Impression: Findings consistent with partial empty sella deformity. No definitive evidence for a pituitary mass.
Thank you so much for your help.. mommies4
Want to add that you should not be concerned about the 'sinus disease' part. A huge number of MRIs report something like this and it's basically meaningless. If you are having sinus problems, a CT scan is much better for identifying what's going on. If not, disregard this part of the report. Your neuro will verify what I'm saying.
I agree that your brain lesions bear investigation, considering your neuro symptoms, and also whether or not you have a pituitary cyst needs to be determined.
When you see your neuro, have him or her go over these points with you.
Good wishes,
ess
Overall, the report indicates normal findings except for a few white matter lesions. Don't know how a "couple" of white matter lesions can be "scattered"; the wording of this report in that regard is very casual. I would query your neuro closely about where these lesions are and how many there are and their size. They are periventricular, and that can be relevant. Also, I assume you had the MRI because you're having symptoms of some kind, and that needs to be considered before someone can simply say "nonspecific." An MRI is not diagnostic one way or the other of MS. Clinical correlation--i.e., consideration of the results in the context of what led you to have an MRI in the first place--is necessary.
How old are you? White matter lesions are not considered "normal" before a certain age.
Also, sounds like you might have a wee cyst on your pituitary gland, which governs much of the endocrine activity in your body. Do you have any endocrine-type symptoms (e.g., related to thyroid, ovulation disruption, unusual breast secretion, etc.)? You wll probably have a follow-up focused on determining whether or not you've really got a cyst in the pituitary, depending on whether or not you've got blood values for endocrine endpoints that might indicate a problem there.
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