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What Does This MRI Report Indicate?
A recent MRI exam revealed: There are several scattered small foci of nonspecific gliosis in the bilateral cerebral white matter, not out of proportion to age. What does this mean? The doctor who interpreted it said it meant serious brain damage--impaired executive function. But the language of the actual MRI results--e.g. not out of proportion to age --sound less serious than this doctor described. What does this report mean?
Thu, 13 Oct 2016
Gliosis is how the brain heals itself after being damaged. This could be due to infection or blood supply insufficiency resulting in small infarctions.
They are described as being "non-specific", which means there are no signs suggesting the cause.
They have to be correlated clinically. If there's no neurological complains, they are likely to be nothing serious to worry about.
Best regards.
They are described as being "non-specific", which means there are no signs suggesting the cause.
They have to be correlated clinically. If there's no neurological complains, they are likely to be nothing serious to worry about.
Best regards.
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