HAD BRAIN MRI AND MRV. (MRI WITHOUT CONTRAST) FINDINGS ARE NO MIDLINE SHIFT SEVERAL WHITE HYPERINTENSITIES NOTED, ONE MEASURING 0.7CM AT RIGHT POSTERIOR PARIOCCIPITAL WHITE MATTER WITH ANOTHER AT THE RIGHT PARIETAL VERTEX MEASURING 0.5CM. SOME ARE PERIVENTRICULAR AND SOME SUBCORTICAL. THESE ARE NONSPECIFIC AND COULD BE SEEN WITH MICROVASCULAR DISEASE. A DEMYELINATING PROCESS IS NOT EXCLUDED. THE DIFFUSION SEQUENCE IS NORMAL. CORRELATION OF COURSE WITH CLINICAL AND LABORATORY DATA IS NECESSARY. THE VENTRICLES ARE NOT DILATED. THE GLOBES AND RETRO-ORBITAL SPACES APPEAR NORMAL. THERE IS NORMAL FLOW VOID WITHIN THE INTERNAL CAROTID AND BASILAR ARTERIES. SEEVENTH AND EIGHT NERVES APPEAR NORMAL. I SEE NO POSTERIOR FOSSA ABNORMALITY.
MY REGULAR DOCTOR TOLD ME THAT I NEED TO SEE A NEUROLIGIST. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT ON MONDAY. I AM HAVING SOME ANXIETY. IS THIS RARE?
IS THIS VERY SERIOUS. MY DOCTOR SAID IT WAS OUT OF HIS SPECIALTY, BUT I AM SOMEWHAT WORRIED. ANY INFO WOULD BE HELPFUL. I AM A 53 YEAR OLD FEMALE WITH OTHERWISE GOOD HEALTH, SAVE SOME BACK PROBLEMS FROM A WRECK OVER 20 YEARS AGO. I HAD A MYELOGRAM CT ONE WEEK AGO.
I WAS NOT FEELING WELL AND MY REGULAR DOCTOR ORDERED THE MRI/MRV TO RULE OUT THROMBOSIS. ANY INSIGHT WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANKS!!


