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What Does My CT Scan Indicate?

Below is report of my mother CT scan report. Is it servicle spontilites? Bilateral symmetric T2/flair hyperintensities involving putamen, caudate nuclei, mamillary bodies,periqueductal gray matter,periventricular region of third ventircle & medial thalami
Mon, 15 Sep 2014
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The findings written by you are of a MRI scan. It is important to know the age of the patient. It is not cervical spondylosis, which is a problem to do with degenerative changes in the neck spine. She has multiple small symmetric hyperintensities in the putamen, caudate nuclei, mamillary bodies, periaquductal and periventricular areas. This is most likely due to decreased blood flow through the small vessels in the brain and is called microvascular ischemic changes. The presence of diabetes or hypertension causes this to occur before 60 years of age. Please discuss the findings with a neurologist and take treatment.
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What Does My CT Scan Indicate?

Hi, Thanks for writing in. The findings written by you are of a MRI scan. It is important to know the age of the patient. It is not cervical spondylosis, which is a problem to do with degenerative changes in the neck spine. She has multiple small symmetric hyperintensities in the putamen, caudate nuclei, mamillary bodies, periaquductal and periventricular areas. This is most likely due to decreased blood flow through the small vessels in the brain and is called microvascular ischemic changes. The presence of diabetes or hypertension causes this to occur before 60 years of age. Please discuss the findings with a neurologist and take treatment.