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Patient age 24 with migrain and mri shows both frontal lobes show multiple subcortical white matter foci of high t2/fair signal. any advise?

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Dr. Michael Gabor
Dr. Michael Gaboranswered
Diagnostic Radiology 35 years experience
That: finding can be seen with migraines. It is non-specific, however, and other entities could cause it.
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Dr. Bennett Machanic
Dr. Bennett Machanicanswered
Neurology 54 years experience
Your description of frontal lobe white matter lesions is an unusual location for migraine which typically is posterior. Would more commonly see frontal changes after head injury. However, get advice from your doctor who knows you best.
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