Guest guest Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 I recently got a copy of my son's MRI report and I'm not sure what it means. His MRI was actually done last August and his pediatrician called and just told me it was normal. I recently requested a copy because Dr. Cohen wants to review it. It says " equivocal slight increased signal in the white matter posterior to the lateral ventricles. This most likely is within normal limits but can be seen in the leukodystrophies " . It also says " there is no evidence of abnormal enhancement or an abnormal mass lesion " . Any anyone help translate? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Hi Sharon :-) It sounds like they saw some kind of myelin issue, though I am guessing don't have a previous MRI to compare it to, thus the question about whether this a normal variation or possibly something more sinister, like a leukodystrophy. My daughter Madison has what they call "delayed myelin" or hypomyelination, however it was not for sure "just" a delay till we did a second MRI and could see that it was slowly improving, rather than getting worse. Happy to share more information if you have any other questions!! -- BIG hugs, Kass, proud mom to Chance(10-Mito), Madison(7-Mito), and Abby(6-Mito) Updates (http://www.caringbridge.org/tx/mitowhat/) "Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away" Unknown shannon16125 wrote: I recently got a copy of my son's MRI report and I'm not sure what it means. His MRI was actually done last August and his pediatrician called and just told me it was normal. I recently requested a copy because Dr. Cohen wants to review it. It says "equivocal slight increased signal in the white matter posterior to the lateral ventricles. This most likely is within normal limits but can be seen in the leukodystrophies". It also says "there is no evidence of abnormal enhancement or an abnormal mass lesion". Any anyone help translate? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Hi Sharon :-) It sounds like they saw some kind of myelin issue, though I am guessing don't have a previous MRI to compare it to, thus the question about whether this a normal variation or possibly something more sinister, like a leukodystrophy. My daughter Madison has what they call "delayed myelin" or hypomyelination, however it was not for sure "just" a delay till we did a second MRI and could see that it was slowly improving, rather than getting worse. Happy to share more information if you have any other questions!! -- BIG hugs, Kass, proud mom to Chance(10-Mito), Madison(7-Mito), and Abby(6-Mito) Updates (http://www.caringbridge.org/tx/mitowhat/) "Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away" Unknown shannon16125 wrote: I recently got a copy of my son's MRI report and I'm not sure what it means. His MRI was actually done last August and his pediatrician called and just told me it was normal. I recently requested a copy because Dr. Cohen wants to review it. It says "equivocal slight increased signal in the white matter posterior to the lateral ventricles. This most likely is within normal limits but can be seen in the leukodystrophies". It also says "there is no evidence of abnormal enhancement or an abnormal mass lesion". Any anyone help translate? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Hi Sharon :-) It sounds like they saw some kind of myelin issue, though I am guessing don't have a previous MRI to compare it to, thus the question about whether this a normal variation or possibly something more sinister, like a leukodystrophy. My daughter Madison has what they call "delayed myelin" or hypomyelination, however it was not for sure "just" a delay till we did a second MRI and could see that it was slowly improving, rather than getting worse. Happy to share more information if you have any other questions!! -- BIG hugs, Kass, proud mom to Chance(10-Mito), Madison(7-Mito), and Abby(6-Mito) Updates (http://www.caringbridge.org/tx/mitowhat/) "Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away" Unknown shannon16125 wrote: I recently got a copy of my son's MRI report and I'm not sure what it means. His MRI was actually done last August and his pediatrician called and just told me it was normal. I recently requested a copy because Dr. Cohen wants to review it. It says "equivocal slight increased signal in the white matter posterior to the lateral ventricles. This most likely is within normal limits but can be seen in the leukodystrophies". It also says "there is no evidence of abnormal enhancement or an abnormal mass lesion". Any anyone help translate? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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