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CT SCAN TO MRI & MRA

Post a new topicby Guest on Sun Apr 21, 2002 4:57 am

HI, MY NAME IS BUFFY BERRYHILL AND I'M 33YRS OLD. TWO MONTHS AGO I HAD A SEVERE HEAD ACHE AND WAS TAKEN TO PIEDMONT HOSPITAL IN ATLANTA, A CT SCAN WAS ORDERED & EVERYTHING FINE, WELL THIS PAST MONDAY IT STARTED AGAIN & I LOST THE VISION IN BOTH EYES AND HAD A RELATIVE PICK ME UP, WE PROCEEDED TO THE HOSPITAL & THE ER DOC ORDERED A CT SCAN, THEN HE FOUND CALCIUM DEPOSITS IN MY BRAIN & ADMITTIED ME. ALONG WITH A NEUROLOGIST-MRI,MRA,EEG. SINCE THEN THEN HEADACHE STAYS & SO DOES THE SHAKING ALL OVER INSIDE & STUMBLING OVER MY SPEACH. NO I'M NOT PANACKING BUT THE ONLY RESULT I WAS TOLD---NO GROSS ABNORMALITIES SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. CAN YOU PLEASE PUT ANY LIGHT ONTHIS? THANKS!
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Re: CT SCAN TO MRI & MRA

Post a new topicby Guest on Sun Apr 21, 2002 10:03 am

All I feel qualified to comment on are the CT findings. Calcium deposits in the brain are most often of no significance. Rarely, there are calcifications that can indicate inflammatory disease.
[quote] HI, MY NAME IS BUFFY BERRYHILL AND I'M 33YRS OLD. TWO MONTHS AGO I HAD A SEVERE HEAD ACHE AND WAS TAKEN TO PIEDMONT HOSPITAL IN ATLANTA, A CT SCAN WAS ORDERED & EVERYTHING FINE, WELL THIS PAST MONDAY IT STARTED AGAIN & I LOST THE VISION IN BOTH EYES AND HAD A RELATIVE PICK ME UP, WE PROCEEDED TO THE HOSPITAL & THE ER DOC ORDERED A CT SCAN, THEN HE FOUND CALCIUM DEPOSITS IN MY BRAIN & ADMITTIED ME... [/quote]
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