A little help for my Brain...

[ziprhd]

What is periatrial white matter?  Also, what is FLAIR T2 hyperintensity?

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Zipperhead

[sllowe]

Hey Ziprhd,

Cool username btw.

Thanks for joining us. Now that you have Bobs definitions, if you feel comfortable to do so, please do tell us a bit more. Have you had imaging? Or, a friend or family member?

Anything show in this area? MS is not the only disease that can cause damage in the white matter of the brain.

Fill in the blanks, and hopefully we can help,
~Shell

[COBOB]

The "periatrial white matter tracts" are one of the areas that MS lesions are commonly seen in the brain.  FLAIR T2 is a FLuid Attenuated Inversion Recovery sequence on MRI that show nerve demyelination as a "hyperintensity" (whiter/lighter than the surrounding tissue.)

Bob