mri results

[drinkwine]

ok so i was getting an mri for a possible seizure disorder, while i was looking over the report i noticed that it said "There are two small foci of bright T2 -- flair signal in the deep whit matter of the left frontal lobe." I have also had a positive visual evoke potentials in the past does this a good indication of MS? if not what could it be?

[Sierra28]

I am currently not diagnosed, but thought I'd chime in. My MRIs, blood work, etc are all normal, but my neuro is still leaning towards MS, with the idea that this is my first substantial flare. We're waiting and retesting with a stronger MRI in a month or two. It *****, but sometimes it just takes time. I know the hardest part is not knowing, because at least once you know you can fight it. (That was a really confusing statement -- sorry!)

Just keep moving forward!

[drinkwine]

well i just got my blood work back and it was all normal. They were testing for Lupus and anything else that could cause the spots on the brain. So i dont know what else it could be everything else has been ruled out. Does anyone have a suggestion on what it might be?

[jensequitur]

Apparently, quite a few!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demyelinating_disease

I had no idea there were so many.

[supermum_ms]

I'm sorry to hear that, but glad you found us! I did a bit of a google and this is what the Mayo clinic lists for other demyelinating diseases.

"Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common demyelinating disease. In this disorder, your immune system attacks the myelin sheath or the cells that produce and maintain it. This causes inflammation and injury to the sheath and ultimately to the nerve fibers that it surrounds, and may result in multiple areas of scarring (sclerosis).

Other types of demyelinating disease and their causes include:

Optic neuritis — inflammation of the optic nerve in one or both eyes
Devic disease (neuromyelitis optica) — inflammation of the optic nerve and spinal cord
Transverse myelitis — inflammation of the spinal cord
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis — inflammation of the brain and spinal cord
Adrenoleukodystrophy and adrenomyeloneuropathy — rare, inherited metabolic disorders "

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/demyelinating-disease/AN00564

wiki lists the following.......

"Demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system include:

multiple sclerosis (together with the similar diseases called idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating diseases)
Vitamin B12 deficiency
Central pontine myelinolysis
Tabes Dorsalis
transverse myelitis
Devic's disease
progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
Optic neuritis
Leukodystrophies
Demyelinating diseases of the peripheral nervous system include:

Guillain-Barré syndrome and its chronic counterpart, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
anti-MAG peripheral neuropathy
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Copper deficiency "

I did read something once that said Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) is most common, though i may have that mixed up, but the CIDP is stuck in my head lol someone please correct me if i'm wrong about CIDP. It still may take awhile for the neuro to work out which one it is, so try to be patient as it can become a bid frustrating.

You can chat with us about anything, no question is off limits and we'll do what we can to help you get through this!

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

[drinkwine]

seen neuro and he informed me that i do have some type of demylinating disease. He is running a bunch of blood work and going to try and rule out everything before i get the diagnosis. as far as the McDonald criteria i have reviewed it and meet the criteria. As far as the seizure disorder goes one doctor thought i was having partial absent ones so he ordered the MRI to see if anything was going on and they found the spots then.

What other types of demylimating diseases are there?

[jensequitur]

While seizures aren't a common symptom with MS, they aren't uncommon, either!  MS disease activity can cause seizures.  

With two lesions in your frontal lobe and a positive visual evoked potential, it's evidence of neurological damage.  The positive VEP means that the optic nerve is damaged, and not transmitting information to your brain as quickly as it should.

As JJ says, there's no sense in getting all worked up about it - let the doctor do his/her job, and get you diagnosed and treated.  At this point it's too early to start thinking about MS, or anything else!

Good luck, and let us know what the neuro says.

[supermum_ms]

Hi and welcome,

Not necessarily, if you have a look at our health pages, (just to the right of your screen) the Mcdonald criteria gives you a basic idea of what evidence is needed for a dx of MS. There are so many MS mimics (theres a HP on MS mimics too) and so far apart from mentioning seizures, which btw arn't common sx's of MS, it still could possibly be the reason why you had the MRI.

I noticed on your profile you are quite worried, try not to let your anxiety get away from you, its really not going to help. You obviously have something wrong to warrent the MRI but what that is, may take sometime to figure out so you'll need to be patient whilst all the evidence is being gathered.

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