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what does small scattered foci of hyperintensity on a brain scan indicate
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the doctor thought i was showing signs of ms, i keep getting pins and needles in my head but there were other signs before that i get spasms in my legs, go dizzy and trip and many other things,also says involving the the celebral white matter and the lesions appear to be more subcortical in nature. thanks sidesteps :)
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I noticed you posted a little more detail in a prior post "a few tiny scattered foci of hyperintensity involving the cerebral white matter. the aetiology of these is uncertain. i note most of these lesions appear subcortical in nature rather than periventricular and normal brain stem and cerebellum.
i am thought to have ms and have ms symptoms but do not understand these results, my doctor has suggested to request more tests."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_cortex has heaps but if you google cerebral white matter you'll see a lot come up eg vascular, migraine, Lyme, high blood pressure etc. MS is a dx of clinical sx + medical history + test results eg MRI etc so alone the MRI would not indicate enough information or even point towards a possibility dx of MS at this stage.
You may find it interesting to note that research into cortical/subcortical white matter lesions are commonly found in pwMS, stats are upto 80% though i'm pretty sure without lesions in other common MS areas, this will probably hold little meaning overall. One research article to look at is.. http://www.ajnr.org/content/21/2/402.full
Its important to remember that MS has many mimics, some sx classic for MS but many many sx are also found in many other condition, and it can take a very long time before the correct dx is made.
Cheers............JJ