Thread: DOES IT MATTER WHERE THE LESIONS ARE?

Hi Sandi, here's the link to a journal piece I wrote http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/45847?pe rsonal_page_id=5829 It may make you feel better about those lesions - yes, it does matter where they are. be well, Lulu

Well... Kinda. It's possible to point at a lesion and say "You have these symptoms because of that lesion." But neuros turn that around on you - they say that "You don't have a lesion in that area, therefore you can't have those symptoms." Which is just silly. So my take on it is that lesion formation is simply Simply sleep a sign of the disease. The basal ...

Not exactly. It's just very hard to image lesions in the gray matter, because there's not much myelin Myelin and nerve structure in that area - hence the gray coloring. Myelin Myelin and nerve structure is white, because it's fat. So there's probably lots of people with MS and lesions in the gray matter, but nobody knows it because we can't see them. http: //www....

So, then you can't have ms and have lesions in this area? What's the difference between the white brain matter and gray in reference to a lesion, and the evidence of iron deposition in the gray matter? What does all this mean. I'm sorry, guys I'm new to all of this. Thanks Sandie

Hi, after reading your question, I did some reading on MS lesions in the basal ganglia. The answer is that, yes, they do occur, but not frequently. Jen is also right about the SWI_MRI. There have been some studies looking at the iron deposition in MS lesions and "suggest" that the basal ganglia are involved more often than previously thought, but this is not hard and fast. ...

Hi Quix I did look at the cd, and it appears that it was just a regular mri. She didn't even order any contrast, because she really doesn't believe I have ms. What is the iron deposition mean? You, know my neuro did originally think of parkinson's because my right eye was twitching, and I had visible twitching in my left hand. He said it was caused by a med I was taking, but ...

Hi Jen What's iron deposition? I have Optic Neuritis, and she didn't even suggest doing an MRI on my optic nerves. I'm going to another neuro. But what is this iron all about. I don't think it was an SWI but I'll check. Check in on me either later or tomorrow, cause I have to check the cd they gave me, I didn't get a report yet. Thanks

I think she thinks I'm faking. That's what I think. So I don't trust her anymore. She is the 3rd neuro I've been to. I need to move on. What got me was that she ordered the MRI without contrast. The radiaologist even questioned it, but wouldn't go against her. I didn't mention my sister until the end of the consult, because I wanted them to focus on what was going on with ...

I don't know if they know what the iron deposition mean, except that the tissue is abnormal.

It sounds like your sister's neuro is a lot more on the ball than your neuro was.......so.any possibility of seeing your sister's neuro? Oabviously a neuro who isn't afraid to trust his own judgment and training. I know all this reading and stuff can drive you crazy, so relax, take a deep breathe, and just work thru the process. Good luck.