Monday, July 27, 2009 Unsure asks

Q: MRI printour results--what does it mean?

There is a redemonstration of a T2/FLAIR hyperintense lesion in the periventricular white matter adjacent to the right frontal horn.

 

What does this mean?

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7/27/09 6:25pm

Have you had an MRI previously Unsure? I think what it means is that the lesion was apparent last time in that area of your brain and it is again apparent in this MRI. I am not a radiologist however and I am just taking a somewhat knowledgeable guess but that is what I understand from it.

 

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By Unsure— Last Modified: 12/27/10, First Published: 07/27/09