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brain mass

i have had headaches for 6 wk dx with trigeminal neuarlgia, on tegretol and ha resolved, now off w/o ha. sent for mri as follow-up and found .9 by .5 cm mass, possibly in epidural space in l frontal lobe just went for mri with contrast this pm and don't know results yet (i am 33 you f)--what would my differential dx be, should i schedule with neuro now or wait for my pcp.
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hi, im not sure about an answer for you, but i understand the feeling, i have alreasdy seen  nuerosurgery once, but now mri is saying it has ruptured and i am having a shunt tommorow, im scared too. feel free to email me ***@**** like i said i have no ansers but maybe able to talk about it!
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how are you doing now?
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