questions about my mri/spinal tap results.
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:02 pm
ever since i got a copy of my mri consultation it has been confusing me and one part was never explained to me...
it said i had a small meningioma which I've known about for 3 years and a new finding of empty sella...I know about that stuff. What I'm curious about I'm going to quote here. The second part of the mri consultation
'A few tiny incidental white matter hyperintensities are noted in both frontal lobes. These are nonspecific and unlikely to be clinically significant'
What does this mean?? I cant find much about it online except that it's seen more often in elderly patients(im 27) or in people with strokes.
Now for the spinal tap...they didn't test for proteins, lupus or anything else they could of ruled out(pretty ticked off about this) but I got the report back on this and my RBC count is at 68. I know it's rare to have RBC in a spinal tap but the Dr said it could be from bleeding during the procedure...but isn't a RBC count of 68 really high??? not the norm??? it says the norm on the report should be 0-1.
please let me know what you think...the white matter hyperintensities were never explained to me and I have talked to 3 of my dr's about it and dont get an answer.
thanks
-sandra d
it said i had a small meningioma which I've known about for 3 years and a new finding of empty sella...I know about that stuff. What I'm curious about I'm going to quote here. The second part of the mri consultation
'A few tiny incidental white matter hyperintensities are noted in both frontal lobes. These are nonspecific and unlikely to be clinically significant'
What does this mean?? I cant find much about it online except that it's seen more often in elderly patients(im 27) or in people with strokes.
Now for the spinal tap...they didn't test for proteins, lupus or anything else they could of ruled out(pretty ticked off about this) but I got the report back on this and my RBC count is at 68. I know it's rare to have RBC in a spinal tap but the Dr said it could be from bleeding during the procedure...but isn't a RBC count of 68 really high??? not the norm??? it says the norm on the report should be 0-1.
please let me know what you think...the white matter hyperintensities were never explained to me and I have talked to 3 of my dr's about it and dont get an answer.
thanks
-sandra d