Question 1

brain mri for tingling numbness urinary retention: small hyperintense nonspecific gliosis spots in parietal subcortical and periventricular white matter t2. slight hyperintense t2- flair bilat parietal  periventricular + subcortical white matter. ms?

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Possible, but...: MS is a clinical diagnosis which can be supported by MRI findings meeting certain criteria.  Your films, on their own are nonspecific, and not definitive, and can be correlative of a number of diagnoses including smoking, prior head injury, hypertension, diabetes.  Discuss all of this in detail with your neurologist.  You may need a spinal tap to get this all answered.

Question 2

cortical sulci are prominent- what does it mean?

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CT BRAIN: Likely you had brain ct, could be nothing. It would help to have it in context and to know why you had the test. Best thing is to ask your doctor to have it all in context.

Question 3

what does it mean by malignant gliosis?

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: There is insufficient information to provide a meaningful opinion. Was it the result of a brain biopsy? Who gave you this information? Do you have any symptoms? It would be useful to talk to a doctor, in person.

Question 4

is gliosis caused by microangiopathic disease?

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Some times: Gliosis is essentially a healing response and the changes can be seen on imaging.  A variety of injuries, including chronic microangiopathic dz can induce gliosis.

Question 5

what is the best way to treat malignant gliosis?

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: Not sure what you mean by malignant gliosis, but most doctors would think of a brain malignancy, a glioma, which can be slow or fast-growing and the higher grades cause rapid demise.  Often surgically decompressing and debulking provide time and remission, but usually, radiation and chemotherapy are minimally helpful.

Question 6

what is a renal cortical cyst?

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Could be normal: Cysts in the kidneys could be a normal finding if they are simple and one or 2 in number. They may be a sign if a disease called poly cystic kidney disease if they are numerous and bilateral depending on age and if there is family history. Cysts occur with aging and usually if someone is on dialysis they may have cysts.

Question 7

what is a fibrous cortical defect?

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Benign bone lesions: This is benign bone lesions that occurs mainly in children in long bones, They typically occur within the metaphysis or diametaphyseal junction and appear as small (

Question 8

is cortical spoking a type of cataract?

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Yes: It can create a lot of glare symptoms.

Question 9

what is cortical vision impairment (cvi)?

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Pbm in brain not eye: The term cortical vision impairment implys that there is a problem with the brain cortex (outer cell layer) that interprets the imput of the eye and visual nerve inputs.This is similar to having a good video camera, cables and system but the no screen to display the input in a way you can understand it.

Question 10

what does renal cortical echotexture mean?

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Tissue density: Of kidney cortex. Cortex of kidneys contains nephrons, about 1 million/kideny. The area of kideney fuction, filtration ; reabsorbtion. Ultrasound is study using sound waves whuch either pass through tissue or bounce back. Echotexture is nil or black through water ; becomes progressively more white as tissus becomes more dense. Thus white for bone or stone. Dark/hypoechoic texture is usually better.

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Brain mri for tingling numbness urinary retention: small hyperintense nonspecific gliosis spots in parietal subcortical and periventricular white matter t2. slight hyperintense t2- flair bilat parietal periventricular + subcortical white matter. ms?

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