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Does a prominent cistern magna on mri scan mean anything bad? does this cause memory problems or affect intelligence?

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Dr. Gerald Mandell answered

Specializes in Nuclear Medicine

Not usually: If fluid collection is not causing compression or underdevelopment of brain, then usually variation of normal, sometimes inherited. Both my son and I have prominent cisterna magni without any effect on normal brain function.

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Answered 3/19/2015

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