Brief Answer:
I would believe the MRI read....it's more precise

Detailed Answer:
Thank you for your question. You raise a point which we see all the time in the routine use of CT and MRI scans in the same patient which is when a CT scan shows something considered to be a potentially important finding but a followup MRI fails to report anything near as impressive or even fails to report anything at all.

There is a lot of artifact or image residue that occurs in a CT scanner that does not happen in an MRI due to the ability of the MRI to resolve down to much smaller structural distances and to be able to distinguish tissue types and densities compared to the rather PRIMITIVE CT. In fact, on average MRI is said to be 10x more sensitive than CT scan in detecting REAL abnormalities. Therefore, in MOST cases, if a CT scan SEES something on a brain or other organ scan that an MRI fails to see I would tend to believe the MRI scan before getting too excited about venous lakes, cystic changes, or problems in the left frontal calvarium.

It seems to me that your brain and your skull (calvarium) are just fine from the MRI read and that you shall surely live plenty long enough and be in good enough health to see many more folk trying to sell worthless swamp land in Florida to unsuspecting "dumb northerners" like me, The XXXXXXX Indians BEAT The XXXXXXX Cubs this year cuz turnaround IS fair play and THIS IS OUR year, XXXXXXX Trump get re-elected to a 2nd term of office by even LESS of a popular vote total than he did this time, and of course, the #1 reason you MUST LIVE in good health, without pathology in your brain, calvarium, or skull's because you must see MANY, MANY, MORE April 15th's so that Uncle XXXXXXX can remind you just how LOVING he is on the one hand while SPANKING you hard enough with the other to make your change and other valuables fall from your pockets and ears right into his waiting big DEEP PANTS POCKETS!

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Brief Answer:
Is anything 100% in this life? But this is about as close as it gets

Detailed Answer:
I've read through your clarification response and once again for all the reasons I stated above my belief (confirmed by 2 neurologists who actually SAW the pictures) is that whenever there is a CT scan and an MRI scan that say different things I always tell my patients that the MRI is the study of choice and the one we will guide therapy and intervention by...NOT the CT. The other thing is the fact that people who read CT's are sometimes not even neuroradiologists....therefore, they may overread things or think they see entities that are really not there and misinterpret artifact....I've seen that in a number of cases.

MRI's are almost always read by NEURORADIOLOGISTS who are highly trained and specialized in CT'S, MRI's and other radioimaging studies. I wouldn't even doubt if the reading neurorads doc took the CT and compared it to the MRI. Our institution does that all the time...when there is a CT and MRI the 2 are read simultaneously. Most of the time.....when it comes to contradictory findings....it's the MRI that wins out.

If the MRI doesn't show cystic changes then, the CT is either showing artifact that is being misinterpreted or the image is being OVERread by the radiologist or it's being INCORRECTLY read......putting it yet a different way....an MRI would not likely miss something as obvious as CYSTIC changes in what is normally a very thick and bony piece of the body.....MRI would have to pick it up. Maybe the radiologist read the scan of the guy who climbed in the scanner after you???? Believe it or not....I've seen that happen as well.....

I am doing my best to give you PEACE OF MIND.....and PEACE OF CALVARIUM......please take either my son and go in PEACE to love and serve the MRI read......NOT the CT! LOL!

Once again, your fine words of feedback are greatly appreciated for these insights if they've helped you in some way. My thanks for your questions.

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