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i recived a radiology report today,it said that I hadmultiple punctate areas of abnormal signal on the FLAIR and T2 sequences in the deep white matter in the corona radiata and centrum semiovale in the supratentorium. What does this mean. Tankyou
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338416 tn?1420045702
And it looks like you'll have to copy the link and paste it in your browser - sorry about that!
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338416 tn?1420045702
Whups - should have mentioned that you should google those two structures and see what you can find on it.  (It's what I would do)
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338416 tn?1420045702
Hey, you should check out this excellent Health Page on MRI results and lesions.  It'll answer a lot of your questions.

http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Multiple-Sclerosis/How-MRIs-Show-Lesions-in-MS/show/23?cid=36

And this will tell you more about the terminology they use in your report:

http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Multiple-Sclerosis/How-does-an-MRI-work/show/79?cid=36
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