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Am I Experiencing Dizziness, Dropped Heart Rate And Confused Periods Because Of The Calcification Shown On CT Scan?

Hi, my name is Desiree and I had a CT 7 months ago showing Calcification's at 9mm in popcorn style around a vascular malformation with increased attenuation? I had a hemorrhage already in the same area, and was seen at kaiser for it. It was originally smaller at 4mm now the size is 9, over doubling in size in the last 3 years or so. Is this common growth pattern, to double every 3 to 4 years? if so i might be dead in a few years. I suffer from confusion during episodes and dizziness (increased upon standing and moving positions) I experience loss of facial expression at times have no movement there at all, my motor functions are extremely effected. the most severe episode i had happened 2 weeks ago, i had a sharp pain in the area, followed by increasing dizziness, and within 2 minutes from the sharp pain, my heart rate dropped as it often does, i remained tilted and immobile for about 7 minutes,,, i lost the ability to speak. cumming out of the episode i got the shakes, my left hand was visually swollen and stiff (numb). i remained dizzy most of that day. Can someone explain to me why this is happening? was that a stroke? these episodes happen all the time, not ussually as bad as the one i described but that can happen agian or worse. this is a link to a photo of the Medical findings of my most recent CT. https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=0000&set=a.0000.0000.0000&type=1&theater I have asked many other sites and few have given me answers. please help me understand. is the growth rate of my calcification normal? there was no sign of calcification in the MRI's i had originally.
Mon, 16 Mar 2015
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I read your question and I understand your concern.

The calcification is only an accompanying feature of the vascular malformation, it's the malformation itself which carries the risk of causing complications which could be life threatening like a cerebral hemorrhage. It is hard to make predictions how will that malformation evolve, whether it will grow more or not, there are different types of vascular malformations with different growing and hemorrhaging risks, so since you don't say the type I can't make predictions. That link you have given doesn't open. You should discuss it with your doctors, preferably a neurologist or neurosurgeon asking from them the type of malformation, its symptoms and prognosis.

Your symptoms may well be due to seizures and/or small bleeds from the malformation. If seizures you need antiepileptic treatment and neurosurgery must be considered if the symptoms are thought by your doctors to be due to the malformation.

I hope to have been of help.
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Am I Experiencing Dizziness, Dropped Heart Rate And Confused Periods Because Of The Calcification Shown On CT Scan?

I read your question and I understand your concern. The calcification is only an accompanying feature of the vascular malformation, it s the malformation itself which carries the risk of causing complications which could be life threatening like a cerebral hemorrhage. It is hard to make predictions how will that malformation evolve, whether it will grow more or not, there are different types of vascular malformations with different growing and hemorrhaging risks, so since you don t say the type I can t make predictions. That link you have given doesn t open. You should discuss it with your doctors, preferably a neurologist or neurosurgeon asking from them the type of malformation, its symptoms and prognosis. Your symptoms may well be due to seizures and/or small bleeds from the malformation. If seizures you need antiepileptic treatment and neurosurgery must be considered if the symptoms are thought by your doctors to be due to the malformation. I hope to have been of help.