I had an MRI scan of my head due to having headaches. Kindly interpret my reports.

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I read your MRI report carefully and would explain that it shows nothing serious, just a mild birth abnormality, some brain tissue in the wrong place (misplaced during brain formation). But you have been living with that for your entire life, and it does not cause any symptoms. So, there is nothing to worry about. I hope you will find this information helpful.

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A focal lesion with a CSF signal means that there is a brain formation similar in intensity with cerebrospinal fluid. This is typical of arachnoids granulation, but only contrast would help determine its nature for sure. That is why they have recommended another MRI with contrast enhancement. Anyway, this is just to confirm that it is arachnoid granulation for sure, which is quite a benign lesion. Arachnoid granulations are structures filled with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that extend into the venous sinuses through openings in the dura mater and allow the drainage of CSF from subarachnoid space into the venous system. Usually, they are asymptomatic but can be symptomatic when large enough to cause sinus occlusion. Now returning to your MRI, there is no sign of increased Cerebrospinal fluid pressure or sign of compression.

So, in my opinion, this is just an incidental finding.

I would recommend follow-up with another MRI after a year in order to see if it will get bigger or not.

In the meantime, I would recommend avoiding contrast MRI because of possible adverse effects related to the contrast and because I think that this is not really necessary.

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