I am a 60 year old male, 5'9" tall, 155 lbs. Only significant history is a diagnosis of prostate cancer, believed contained to the prostate at this time. Seeing a doctor for ringing in the left ear, recently had a MRI to check for tumors/irregularities of the ear canal. The MRI report reads, in part,"Axial T2 and flair sequences demonstrate small punctuate T2 and flair hyperintense lesions within the deep white matter bilaterally. This likely represents microvascular ischemic disease. Everything else in the report appears normal, I think. They did administer contrast and identified no abnormal areas of enhancement. The reading doctor's impressions are: 1. Small punctuate T2 and flair hyperintense lesions demonstrated within the deep white matter bilaterally. These likely represent small foci of microvascular ischemic disease. No confluent signal change suggestive of mass lesions or infarct is identified. 2. No abnormal areas of enhancement are seen.No mass lesions are identified.3. Grossly normal internal auditory canals. No mass lesion is seen. No abnormal fluid collections are present. I realize this is probably good news as far as the ear problem, but I'm a bit concerned with the microvascular ischemic disease part. Your opinion will be appreciated.