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Had a brain mri and it revealed this. numerous bilateral mainly subcortical white matter foci of abnormal signal intensity, likely non specific. what does this mean?

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Subcortical : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4917173/ From an article from PLOS one a study from 2016 studied subcortical white matter as it relates to aging. The signal is a sign of demylination which we all develop over time. Conditions can cause this, but we all get it to a degree. It is known as time goes on most people get more so aging factors- inflammation etc a factor.

Answered 9/21/2019

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