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Posted on Sat, 12 Sep 2015
Question: Hi,
I have had a persistent, bad headache for months. An MRI showed indeterminate bifrontal foci, several high sign foci seen mainly at te supraventricular white matter bilaterally. Are you able to tell me what this means please? I have seen my gp but she did not know what it meant.
Thank you
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Answered by Dr. Ajay Panwar (37 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Please upload the MRI report/film.

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.

I would surely help you but I need to have a look at the MRI report and the images of the MRI films.
Please upload the MRI report.At the same time,if possible,please upload the MRI CD as a zipped file on google drive and share the google drive link here in the follow up question,so that I can download it and view with my default dicom viewer.

Waiting for your follow-up.

Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Ajay Panwar (1 hour later)
Thank you for your response. I believe I have uploaded the MRI report, but I was not given (nor have I seen) any films.
Thanks again,
XXXX
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Answered by Dr. Ajay Panwar (7 hours later)
Brief Answer:
As follows:

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being in follow-up.

I have gone through your MRI report.The causes of these white matter hyperintensities may be-
1)Normal physiological in some patients.
2)Migraine may have associated white matter abnormalities.
3)Vasculitis
4)Hypertension
5)Demyelinating lesions like multiple sclerosis(MS)
6)Dementia

Your clinical picture does not appear to be fitting into Dementia or MS.
You can discuss with your treating doctor to get you screened for high blood pressure and vasculitis.
Meanwhile,continue treatment of your headache considering it as a primary headache(not related to these lesions).
Get a follow-up MRI done after 6 months.

Hope that I have answered your query.If you have some further questions,I shall be glad to answer else please close the thread,rate it and write a review as your rating will be of help to you.
In future,if you have any query,please get back to me as I would like to track your clinical developments.

Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Suggest Treatment For Persistent Headache

Brief Answer: Please upload the MRI report/film. Detailed Answer: Hi XXXX, Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com. I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query. I would surely help you but I need to have a look at the MRI report and the images of the MRI films. Please upload the MRI report.At the same time,if possible,please upload the MRI CD as a zipped file on google drive and share the google drive link here in the follow up question,so that I can download it and view with my default dicom viewer. Waiting for your follow-up. Regards Dr.Ajay Panwar, MD,DM(Neurology)