Patient's Query
Hello doctor,
I have questions related to a brain CT scan I got several years ago. I only have a single image of it, which shows it from a side view. I wanted your opinion about it. When looking at it, I noticed that when looking along the outline at the top of the brain at roughly the halfway point, there is what appears to me to be the start of a bump or elevation that runs along the rest of the top of the brain and towards the back before the elevation or bump begins to decrease. This is what appears to be the case to me.
I wanted to know if you observed this, and if so, can you elaborate on a few things? First, is this feature of the brain typical, or is it atypical? Second, can you provide other relevant details relating to this brain structure, such as its size or extent, what it implies about the brain, and any other relevant information you can provide about this particular brain image? I also want to convey that I was 19 when I got this scan, and there were no associated pathologies.
Kindly help.
Thank you.
Hello,
Welcome to icliniq.com.
I read your query and can understand your concern(attachments removed to protect the patient's identity).
I reviewed your single-slice sagittal view brain CT (computerized tomography) scan. Fortunately, there are no abnormalities.
The area that resembles a bump is a normal curvature of your skull.
I think the reason that you think there may be an impression on your brain is the haziness of your brain's border beneath that area. It is also normal, and the cause of the hazy border is the overlapping effect of the sagittal sinus. This sinus is a normal structure that drains the blood from the brain.
Please consider that the interpretation of a brain CT based on just a slice is very limited. If this issue caused any concern for you, request that your primary care physician repeat it.
I hope this information will help you.
Thank you.
Patient's Query
Hello doctor,
Thank you for the reply.
Would you say that this area of the brain is atypical concerning curvature? For instance, through research, I learned that the curvature of the brain is supposed to follow a smooth arch-like geometry, but careful observation would indicate that this is not the case in this situation, particularly if you assume the morphology of the brain closely mirrors the curvature of the skull and carefully observe the curvature of the skull from left to right and how it ascends over the part of the brain of interest.
Kindly help.
Hello,
Welcome back to icliniq.com.
I read your query and can understand your concern (attachments removed to protect the patient's identity).
I can reassure you that the uploaded sagittal view brain CT (computerized tomography) is normal.
There is nothing atypical in it.
Everything shows normal morphology on that image.
If you need more reassurance regarding your brain image, I suggest asking your primary care physician to schedule a new scan or an MRI appointment for you. As I wrote previously, any judgment about medical imaging needs to see different views of the structure. For example, to interpret the brain structure, looking at different views (sagittal, coronal, and axial) is necessary.
Therefore, discussing a single cut of a brain CT obtained seven years ago is not clinically relevant.
I hope this helps.
Thank you and take care.
Regards.
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Answered byDr. Seyedaidin Sajedi
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