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I suffer from acoustic neuroma. What does my MRI reveal?
Query: Hello, I am a 52 year old female with a 2 mm acoustic neuroma on the right side. There is no hearing loss, but I do have dizziness, imbalance, pulsatile tinnitus. Also, an essential tremor developed seven years ago. I get migraines with aura occasionally. Ten months ago, I developed a coccyx pain wh... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and understand your concerns. You need to ask your neuro-ophthalmologist the following questions: 1. What he suspects about the nature of the acoustic neuroma? 2. Is there an involvement of the ophthalmic nerve or of any other nerve supplying the eye... Read Full »
My Husband has hearing loss.Kindly overview MRI.
Query: Hello doctor, My husband has had hearing loss for the past six years which has gotten worse with time. A few years back we took an MRI with and without contrast which showed nothing abnormal. A CT scan of the internal auditory canal also showed nothing abnormal. This week we took an MRI again and I ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern and will help you with your query. Based on this MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) description we cannot define if it is a small benign tumor or an inflammation. I would recommend performing an audiogram to check his hearing and a physical ... Read Full »
Hearing has deteriorated significantly with vertigo. Can it be due to acoustic neuroma?
Query: Hi doctor, I have no current medications. Over the past 2 or 3 years, my hearing in my left ear only has deteriorated significantly. I would say it is less than half as good as my right. I went to an ENT doctor, with an audiologist appointment. The audiologist said I had a moderate hearing loss in ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. To rule out acoustic neuroma we do need an MRI scan. Acoustic neuroma is a tumor that grows inner to the inner ear where there are a lot of nerves passing by. If the tumor grows and involves the nerves it can cause palsies of the nerves which may be irreversible. The h... Read Full »
Can tinnitus be in only one ear?
Query: Hello doctor, I have had left-sided tinnitus. I have severe health anxiety, and I cannot wait 7 days until my doctor looks these over. I have attached the reports. The main areas are tinnitus and pituitary. Do you see anything weird? Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I hope you are not in much discomfort (attachment removed to protect the patient's identity). Please find a review of the MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) brain scan images. MRI brain contrast protocol includes multiplanar and multi-voxel sequences with a history of l... Read Full »
Does the status of acoustic neuroma keep changing?
Query: Hello doctor, A few years back, it was found that I had an acoustic neuroma. It was 10.90 X 0.6 X 0.7 inches. I was offered surgery or Gamma Knife. I elected to have the Gamma Knife in the month of June. Things were fine until a year later. It was then found I had developed water in the brain and ha... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Acoustic neuroma causes the water in the brain by two mechanisms. One is direct pressure based on size, and another by increasing protein content in water. It is difficult to predict or state the exact percentage if somebody would be dependent on the shunt, but on av... Read Full »
Can cafe-au-lait spots cause neurofibromatosis?
Query: Hi doctor, I have noticed three to five cafe-au-lait spots in my body in which three of them are confirmed, the other two were light and was not examined by my dermatologist. I do not have enough spots to be diagnosed with neurofibromatosis 1, but I was scared that I could be affected with neurofib... Read Full »
Dr. Mahmoud Ahmed Abdelrahman Abouibrahim
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Having some Cafe-au-lait spots is usually a benign phenomenon, that you need not get worried about it. In order to diagnose NF (neurofibromatosis), there are many criteria that you will not meet. Please send me some photos of the spots in order to be fully reassured. Plea... Read Full »
Does my brain MRI show acoustic neuromas?
Query: Hello doctor, I have undergone a brain MRI today to rule out acoustic neuromas (among other causes). MRI was prescribed by my ENT doctor because I was very stressed. Gadolinium was injected during the MRI. It turns out the MRI was pretty normal, no tumor, no anomaly or else. I found some asymmetric... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. There is the right internal carotid artery near the right cavernous sinus in the area inside the circles in your images (attachment removed to protect patient identity). It is a normal image and the slight brightness is likely due to variation in the signals due to the ... Read Full »