Born with brain lesions?

[twopack]

A co-worker told me recently that she had a brain MRI done sometime in the past (not MS related) and that the doctor told her there were "white spots" visible but they were most likely there "since birth".

Does this even begin to make sense to anyone here?

Mary

[cassrox]

Perhaps they were referring to developmental venous anomalies - I've heard them described as "birth marks" on the brain, so it was the first thing that popped in my mind when I read this post.

http://radiopaedia.org/articles/developmental-venous-anomaly

Cassrox
Still in Limboland

[Wobbly]

Interesting to know more on this...

it sure can make a difference when you read stuff like that..

I would like to see what those look like too??

wobbly

[Ufrustrated2]

before i toss in my statement which often times here tends to be influenced by flare-ups and ptsd like syndroms, i'll wait till Quix educates us on this and what tot_teacher wrote.

oh boy and how i can see the med place i go to use that info on vets to deny diagnosis and use it to explain away dawson's finger type images and a host of other things.  

[Lulu54]

interesting......... I will go take a look.  I have to wonder if this doctor knew this, too?  This sounds like these lesions are definitely a different type and distinctive in their appearance.  

thanks, Lu

[tot_teacher]

I just happen to be reading this document this morning which was mentioning  childhood lesions and then saw your post:

Just wanted to pass it along.

http://spinwarp.ucsd.edu/NeuroWeb/Text/br-840.htm

Periventricular leukomalacia is caused by neonatal hypoxia or ischemia, but it may be imaged during adulthood when these patients are being re-evaluated or seen for other neurological problems. It affects predominantly the periventricular white matter along the posterior bodies and atria of the lateral ventricles.

The involvement tends to be symmetrical and is often associated with regional loss of white matter volume and ventricular dilatation. The lesions have scalloped outer margins, and the ventricular surface may also be irregular due to coalescence of cystic components with the adjacent ventricles.  
    

Flodmark O, Lupton B, Li D, et al: MR imaging of periventricular leukomalacia in childhood. AJNR10:111-118, 1989.


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[Lulu54]

Mary, one thing I try hard not to do here is just throw out an answer without checking my facts.  I hate being wrong, and try to avoid it at all times.  

Obviously this doctor doesn't feel the same and doesn't mind acting like the title of M.D. entitles him to be a Mental Doofus.  What a bunch of bad medicine to give answers without knowing the subject matter at hand.

I'll wait for Q to weigh back in on this one. She probably laughed herself to sleep last night mulling this one over.
-L

[Quixotic1]

Ha ha ha - I'll try to say more later.

still laughing.....brainless idiot

Q