I had an MRI recently and i don’t understand what the radiology report means and the Internet is not being very helpful this time. here goes:
Findings: this is a focused examination of the pituitary gland, however axial t2, flair, t1, gradient and t1 post contrast images were obtained through the entire brain. additional dedicated sequences [...]
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Brain Tumor
Brain MRI, Pituitary Gland
Thursday, May 25th, 2006Pituitary microadenoma, prolactinoma, surgery or medical treatment?
Thursday, May 11th, 2006I have got my MRI done recently and want a second advice from you :-
the report is : The pituitary gland appears rounded in apearance and measures 12×11×10 mm. A 9×8×9 mm ill defined mass leison is seen within the centre of the pituitary gland which apears isointense on T1W1 and T2w1 with delayed hetrageneous [...]
Lump on Forehead, Painless, Firm
Saturday, March 25th, 2006I have a lump on my forehead, 2 inches above my right eye. There’s no pain or discoloration. It appeared suddenly about 2 weeks ago, and hasn’t changed since. I’ve had no fall or head injury. The bump is about the size of a medium green pea. I’ve found very little on line to assist [...]
Continue readingHeadache, Epilepsy, Child, Symptom, Dizziness, EEG, MRI, CT
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006My daughter is twelve years old. She has over the past several months been having severe headaches, dizziness and been extremely tired. A few weeks ago, she passed out quite unexpectedly and with little warning.
She had bloodwork done which returned normal. She was also sent for an EEG. The brainwave pattern indicates that she has [...]
Brain Tumor, Chemotherapy
Monday, February 20th, 2006Husband dx with Glioblastoma IV one year ago. In the middle of his six and final chemotherapy treatment with Temadar. A firm fixed lump appeared behind left ear. His two tumors located also on left side of head one in Temporal and other in Frontal lobe. Could this lump behind his ear be an enlarged [...]
Continue readingLump on Forehead and Headache
Thursday, June 9th, 2005Hi Doc,
I have had this lump on my forehead for a while now and I guess now its starting to get noticed. I have done extensive research to figure out what I might have and have come up with “Craniopharyngioma”. Sympotms include: Blurry vision, Sharp pains accompanied with headache. The funny thing is I work [...]
