A 22-year-old female asked:
should i worry about my mri brain results? "lesion of a demyelinating nature close to the temporal horn of the left lateral ventricle.". it also says "other smaller signal alterations of demyelinating significance are found". can ms be excluded?
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Dr. Le Wang answered
36 years experience Internal Medicine
Multiple sclerosis: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is primarily a clinical diagnosis with focus on neurological symptoms separated by time and space. MRI is a good test of choice to support the clinical diagnosis of MS. I suggest you to discuss with your neurologist about this.
Answered on Mar 7, 2020
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