what is a lesion?

[lilhollywood]

Is a brain lesion always cancer? could it be a cut from an accident, a bruise, a scar fomr an accident or isthe only way to tell to do a biopsy? I had an mri done and im dying to know but im waiting for my doctors appt in a few weeks.

I got in a car wreck, hit the windshield and dont have any symptoms of a cancer or anything, but my mri 3 weeks later said i have a 1.2 cm brain lesion.
The only symptoms i  HAD is when i first woke up i have double vision which is due to optic nerve damage my eye dr. said and a slight pain in the back of my head/neck area.
Any advice would help.

[bhups1]

Hi, well that depends upon intensity of reflected radiations from the lesion, blood flow through lesions and metabolic process inside lesions etc, which are read by MRI

Interpretation of these processes is helpful in differentiating traumatic and non traumatic lesions

[lilhollywood]

That takes some relief off my shoulders until my appt. my only worry is that they said its not accidentrelated which i dont understand because i know that some accidents dont show symptoms until days or weeks after which really worries me to, how can they tell its not accident related?

[DrNavneetMD]

Hello dear,
A brain lesion is an area of brain tissue that appears abnormal.Causes of brain lesion could be, brain injury ,stroke,cancerous and noncancerous brain tumors,mIultiplesclerosis, congenital brain anomalies, such as hydrocephalus and so on.

A brain lesion is not always a cancer and in your case  it is probably an abnormal tissue due to trauma.Do not worry and seek your neurologist, for correct diagnosis on the basis of your MRI films.Double vision could be due to trauma to optic nerve,but you should see your doctor and clarify your doubts regarding the MRI.
Best.

[bhups1]

Hi, lesion simply is suggestive of some deformity or pathological disarray. A lesion is any abnormal tissue found on or in an organism, usually damaged by disease or trauma. In your case this could be hematoma (collection of blood), laceration, etc. Lesion is not always cancerous.