here's what the mri report actually says

[renee80]

"ventricles- normal in size
ni mid line shife
no abnormal axial fluid
several small non-specific foci of increased flair signal in white matter located in bil periventricula white matter, corona radiata, and centrum semiovale. they vary in size largest is 4mm. no lesion seen corpus callosum on flair sequence, also no lesion in posterior fossa, no enhancement. sagittal structures well formed
non specific finding however in patient this age differential diagnosis has to include demyelinating disease, other considerations include:
atypical areas of ischemia, vasculitis, sequells, migraine, infection."


anybody please insight i need badly.............................

[essdipity]

Yes, everything abnormal on an MRI is a lesion. Please take a look at our Health Pages for lots more on this.

ess

[michelleag]

I think that this board has answered a question I have had. I wanted to know whether "nonspecific white matter foci" are the same as lesions. If I understand the information in this discussion correctly, they are. Right?

[ravi394]

Hi ,

   can anbody send me the scan copy of your MRI and CT scan report
   or what ever medical reports you have  .
   i am an student and for my thesis i need to study these reports .

   my Id is  "shukla.***@****"


Thanks

[renee80]

confused because if no enchanment means not active then why do i think everything is active?
i had really no syp. until i heard the word ms, what are the chances...? now since  that mri...2 months ago i have like every syp. expect really bad ones, ( i go to work everyday, just by looking at me you would never know anything is wrong) i has also now been experinecing what i think is benign fasciculation syndrome, i read on the new neuro paperwork i had to fill out, about muscle twiches/spasms, never had one before, literally one day after reading about it and thinking about it, have been having twiches non stop everywhere, and it not b.s. you can visually see it happening, how is that possible, though i DO have an abnormal mri there seems to be some other things at play ie conversation disorder and or bfs, how can i be complelty normal and then a random mri i asked for because i read about ms and freaked myself out, but wasn't really experiencing anything except an eye that felt alittle werid, ( wasn't even blurry at thtat point) has turned into this crazy saga where everytime i read a sym it magically appears....?

[Ginnylou412]

My first MRI the Impression was: 1. Nonspecific white matter FLAIR hperintensities without evidence for enhancement or cavition. This is nonspecific finding and may be related to microangiopathic change versus a demyelination disorder such as clinical diagnosis of MS.
2. Minimal right matoid fluid.
taken on Aug. 18 2006

The last one taken July 19 2007
Inpression: again noted are a few foci of signal abnormality on a T2 basis in the deep white matter. These are slightly increased in number and size since the previous exam.  These remain nonspecific in morphology. The differntial diagnosis includes small vessel ischemic disease such as related to vasculities or vasculopathy( ihave ow blood pressure and am not diabetic.) infection such as lyme disease, tested neg. or demyelinaton.
I have had sx. of foot drop, and balance and vision problems... but since LP came back no bands... what now?
When I have epiosodes of mixed up talk and slurrig speech I wonder if it will permanent... and with out a dx. what do I call it if I want to tell the PCP or neuro what is going on? It can't be a flare if I don't officially have the diseasee can it?
Thanks everybody.

[spankyandrex]

I mean HEE HEE (HEE HEE) - good luck at your neuro appt. today.  Your so lucky ........I have to wait until 12/5.  Hey, my name is spanky - not spanly - LOL!  I have also been having a lot of this speaking weird stuff going on too.  My sister has even looked at me odd a few times and she has said she definately notices me doing it more and more often.  However, if neuro says my MRI is normal, then how the HE** do I explain my wording problems ??? LOL!  Eck.  GOOD LUCK today Heather and Renne, PLEASE keep us posted on your situation.  Renee, I would definately ask your neuro what your exactly "signal" means or specifically interpret your MRI - so SO many radiologists word them differently.  For example, my neuro used "punctate", yours used "foci", but they both essentially the same "signals of high intensity" seen on the MRI.  

[Heather3418]

I thought I was the only one that couldn't speak right this week.  I have been having alot of this kind of thing in the past few weeks.  Thank God for my Neuro appointment today.  Hope I remember what my name is......

Hee Hee

No my name is not Hee Hee
It's Heather..... :>)

[spankyandrex]

Hmmm, then "punctate area of high signal intensity" would also be considered a lesion.   ;)  Ok, I lied, I'm not going to stay away LOL!  I love this board!  

I really wonder though, yesterday when my GF was over, I told her I had to go get something in the "chicken" - I meant to say KITCHEN, she looked at me and started laughing", I didn't know what to say, I was embarressed.  This happens a lot to me, saying things backwards, don't come out right, wrong words come out, etc. etc. etc.  

[Heather3418]

foci means signal... so that is an area that is showing as an area that would be considered a lesion

[BondyinOz]

I think so, but I don't know for sure. From what I've read here - yes it is.

Mel

[renee80]

ok quick question too: is foci the same as lesion?

[renee80]

my first neuro said he thought it my mri wasn't too strange and i have had optic migraines thought life and he just wanted to re mri in 6 months but basically said i do not think you have ms...i decided to seek second opinion,go tomorrow, i have somatic problems so once i heard the word ms all these symptoms started, i have never been sick in entire life. i asked for the mri myself intially because of some blurry vision, but 2 separte eye dr's found nothing wrong with eye, so i said i wanted mri they didn't even feel i needed it? 2 eye dr's one being neuro-opt and one neuro doesn't seem that concerned i don't understand, can these just be what my brain looks like?

[spankyandrex]

see, this is weird, mine says exactly the same thing "several punctate areas of high signal intensity seen in the centrum semiovale", but everyone is telling me mine is normal.  I am SO CONFUSED by what everyone is telling me on the net that I have decided to stay away until after my neuro appt. on 12/5 LOL!  From what I have read "punctate and foci" are pretty much the same thing and I agree with you Heather that it also means they are not "enhanced and not active" at this time from her report as well.    Well, GOOD LUCK Penn, please let us know what your neuro says as well!  I am VERY interested LOL ;)

[Heather3418]

Of course you already know that several areas of signal intensity.  It is quite common for lesions to be found parellel to the ventricules of the brain in someone with MS.  It IS suggestive, but of course, not definite for a diagnosis of MS.  That is something that Neuro must decide.

No enhancement, means that none of the lesions hightlighted, which means that they are not currently "active" lesions.  Are you having any symptoms right now?

I am anxious to see what other forum members think of your MRI.  Especially "Jon."  He is our expert on MRI reports.

Heather

[pennst8r]

bumping you up so post will not go to page 2. Wish I could help you. Welcome to our group though!!!

Penn