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My MRI report stated that I have four white matter foci on my frontal lobes. What does this mean?
Query: Hello doctor, I underwent a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan last week. The doctor told me today that I needed to be referred to a neurologist. My reports stated I had four white matter foci on my frontal lobes. I want a better understanding of my problem. I have attached my MRI report. Read Full »
Answer: Hello,Welcome to icliniq.com.Can I know for what symptoms you underwent an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan? Read Full »
Does language disorder and starring spells in a 5-year-old kid indicate seizure?
Query: Hello doctor, My son recently had an MRI done and would like to know the findings of the radiology report explained. The report shows: Prominent dilated perivascular space in the right parietal white matter. Possible oval shaped 8 x 2 mm cyst deep in white matter right side. Slight asymmetry of... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I would like to know some history from birth onward. Was the child born at term gestation, or preterm, or post-term? Was the delivery normal, or by forceps, or vacuum, or by C section? Soon after delivery, in how much time the baby cried? Did he turn blue shortly af... Read Full »
I suffer severe headaches, memory loss and lightheadedness. What could it be?
Query: Hi doctor, I am a 30-year-old male. I have been suffering from severe headaches and loss of memory sometimes. I get light headedness at times and mt throat dries up. Did an MRI Brain.The contents are: T1 hypointense, T2 flair hyperintense lesion on right peritrigonal region involving optic radiat... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I would like to know some details about your problem: Since when you started to have headaches? In which areas of head you feel that headache? What kind of headache is this? Is it heavy, throbbing, stretching, bursting or some other kind? Is it severe, moderate or m... Read Full »
Can a person with very high-frequency brain gamma waves have an inflammatory type crisis?
Query: Hello doctor, I would like to know if functional alterations at the brain frequency can be caused by waves (of various nature) with military technology and can be detected by psychiatric and/or neurological diagnostic tests? Finally, I would like to know if causing an increase in the gamma waves of ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Waves used in radiation waves, as used in radiotherapy (gamma rays included), kill cancer cells in a tumor inside the body. But these waves can cause damage to surrounding normal body parts, too, particularly if given in high doses. They can cause brain tissue infla... Read Full »
Kindly go through the MRI report of my father-in-law taken after the accident and suggest.
Query: Hello doctor, My father-in-law had a motorcycle accident two days ago and has injuries all over his body. He had his computed tomography (CT) done today. I am attaching his report with this query. Kindly help me interpret it. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have seen your reports (attachment removed to protect patient identity). The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain report of your father-in-law is suggestive of a soft tissue injury on the right side of the head. But, there is no evidence of injury or bleeding insi... Read Full »
Do I need to consult a doctor for my constant headache?
Query: Hello doctor, I am 26 years old male, for the last month and a half, I feel a pressure on the back of my head. It sometimes causes mild pain in different parts of my head, like the sides of my head. It makes me feel hot sometimes as well. I also have some neck pain, but it is not much. This headache... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I would like to know some details about your problem. 1. Since when you started to have these headaches? Did it start 1.5 months back or you had these headaches previously also? 2. Which parts of the head do you have pain? 3. How long does one episode of this headache... Read Full »
What is mega cisterna magna, and what is the significance?
Query: Hi doctor, Can you please review my MRI scan and check if everything is normal, and is there anything to worry about? Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) report (attachment removed to protect the patient's identity) shows most structures visible within normal limits except incident mega cisterna magna. Cisterna magna is a normal CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) filled space on the... Read Full »
Why does my 10-year-old son get headaches like migraines almost every day?
Query: Hello doctor,My 10-year-old son is debilitating with almost daily chronic headaches (seem to be migraines), which are worse at night as he gets slightly dizzy, and he says it hurts to walk. The MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is clear, and there are no eye pressure issues or eye problems, and there... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I would like to know some further details about a headache (you will need to ask questions from the boy): 1. Since when he started to have these headaches, and for how many years? 2. In which part of the head he feel headaches? (you can attach your photo, clicked f... Read Full »
Is choroid plexus cyst normal?
Query: Hello doctor, I have choroid plexus. Please help me. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I suggest you, please mention details about your query. The choroid plexus is a normal structure found in the ventricles of the brain. It will be better if you can mention full details about your query. Read Full »
How serious is grand mal seizure in a 5-year-old?
Query: Hello doctor, My 4.5-year-old daughter had one severe grand mal seizure last month, after an EEG showing abnormal and put on Keppra. She was diagnosed with bects in frontal lobe not central. Now her MRI showed multiple tiny predominantly anterior cerebral subcortical white matter, areas of increase... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I would like to know some further information about your daughter. Was it the first episode of seizure to your daughter? Or she had prior seizures too? Did she have a fever before seizure with headache or vomiting? How are her developmental milestones? Is she growin... Read Full »