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Monday, May 16, 2011
CINE MRI Results and More
I received my CINE MRI results today and according to a radiologist friend who looked at it for me, my brain stem is compressed and there is lack of the CSF flow posteriorly (from the outlets of fourth ventricle). These are all caused by Chiari and can cause the symptoms I've been having, however, it also showed "small punctate areas of increased signal". It went on to say that they can't rule out Multiple Sclerosis, but because contrast wasn't used in the MR study, it could simply be artifact. So my neurosurgeon is sending me to a neurologist to rule out MS. I will go see him tomorrow. I have looked up MS and it's symptoms and I do not believe I have it. I hope this doesn't lead to more tests.
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