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Expert: - 7/24/2008


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Could you please interpret my mri findings, I am a disabled vet and have a very hard time getting answers from the V.A. Hospital.    Findings:  Diffusion portion of the exam is within normal limits. There is no evidence for an acute stroke. Ventricular system is within normal limits. There is no shift of the midline.  No extracerebral collections are identified. The posterior fossa is intact. On FLAIR imaging there are two small focal areal of subcortical increased signal intensity change in the left frontal region. No other areas of abnormal deep white matter changes are seen on this examination.  The remainder of the MR scan of the brain is within normal limits.    

Just to give you some background on my health issues;  hashimotos thyroiditis, chronic fatigue syndrom, currently the toes and fingers on my right side are numb.  I was a machinist in the military and worked with electro-plating chemicals prior to OSHA requiring air masks.

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Well, I'm a medical oncologist and radiation therapist with experience of treating brain tumors, NOT a neurologist or a diagnostic neuroradiologist which you have to be in order to answer your question well! Furthermore there are no real indications here that this is a brain tumor case. So it is completely outside my area of expertise. I therefore strongly suggest that you direct this question to any of those 2 kinds of experts! Good luck!

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Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D.

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I`m a doctor of medicine and specialist in radiation therapy and medical oncology. I have a long time experience of these tumours.

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I'm a Doctor of Medicine and specialist in Medical Oncology and Radiation Therapy, educated and trained in Sweden. Now retired. Background in Radiation Therapy, Medical Oncology, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Gynecological Oncology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Cytology,Hematology and Internal Medicine. M.D. from the faculty of medicine, Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Have also been an exchange student at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel. Former medical consultant, Swedish National Board of Radiation Protection. Former Police Surgeon and Medical Examiner, Stockholm Police Department. Former Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and the Royal Household Brigade, Royal Swedish Army Medical Corps. You can also reach me on: http://www.lifestylerescue.com/expert/health-fitness-advice/dr-claes-gustaf/128 . I have no restrictions on the number of questions there. I also answer questions about Oncology (General Cancer), General History, Military History, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer.

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