My Brain Is Still There
I got the report back on my 18 month MRI, aka my last MRI, today. Here it is:
Exam Date: 08/12/2008 Examination: MR BRAIN Indication: Status post arterial venous malformation, parenchymal hemorrhage. Status post resection. Technique: Sagittal T1. Axial T1 pre-gadolinium, T1 post-gadolinium, dual echo T2 and diffusion weighted EPI. Coronal T1 post-gadolinium fat saturation and FLAIR. Comparison: 07/2007, 04/2007 and 02/2007. Report: Previous right frontal craniotomy surgical changes again noted. Beneath the craniotomy defect there is a focal area of encephalomalacia characterized by mild broadening of some of the local and cortical sulci of the right frontal temporal region surrounded by areas of mixed signal intensity characterized by T2 prolongation and signal void outlining the grey/white junction and the encephalomalacia. There is a linear irregular band of contrast enhancement soft tissue coursing through the area of encephalomalacia. All of these changes are nearly identical to the study of July, 2007. There is no restricted diffusion. No new focal signal abnormality. No midline shift or abnormal extracerebral fluid collections. Posterior fossa and brain stem normal. Cortical sulci, ventricles and basal cistern anatomy normal. Mild leptomeningeal enhancement beneath the craniotomy. Signal void depicted in the intracranial vessels at the skull base. Orbits symmetric. Small retention cyst or polyp, inferior right maxillary antrum, present previously. Paranasal sinuses and mastoid air cells otherwise well aerated. Corpus callosum fully formed. Sella turcica normal. Cerebellar tonsils at a few millimeters below the foramen magnum but within normal range.
Boring, but basically it says “everything is as normal as can be expected”.