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Susan Mouw:
The results of the MRI were posted on myhealth.va tonight. I can't translate all of the following, since I haven't heard from the Dr., but there are some things that don't need translation. This is taken exactly from the MRI: (one thing I can translate is brain parenchyma - that is functioning brain matter)
Attention to the temporal bones there is a 6.5 x 4.4 mm
well-circumscribed lobulated fluid collection within the right
epitympanic space with a direct connection with the middle
cranial fossa sulci of the temporal lobe. Erosion and defect of
the right tegmen tympani with the brain parenchyma at the site of
the defect without passing through the defect into the
epitympanic space. There are adjacent inflammatory changes within
the right mastoid air cells. No diffusion restriction to suggest
cholesteatoma.
Impressions:
1. Right epitympanic meningocele with communication to the middle
cranial fossa sulci. 2. Brain parenchyma at the site of the
defect of the right tegmen tympani without definite
encephalocele. 3. No evidence of cholesteatoma.
Primary Diagnostic Code: SIGNIFICANT ABNORMALITY, ATTN NEEDED
Don:
"ATTN NEEDED"
Isn't it great when they finally pay attention to the patient, listen and finally come to the same conclusion.
We all are still praying for you Susan. I hope they get all of this rectified soon and get you on a fast path to healthy.
Birdcrazy:
Susan, we are praying and pulling for you! As shown with the recent bout with the website, you are a fighter and a winner! From your post, it appears you have the full attention from the VA on your health issues. Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery!
Susan Mouw:
Dr Groves just called me from the VA in Augusta. There is definitely brain covering (dura) poking through the hole between my brain pan and the middle ear and there may, or may not, be brain matter as well - won't be able to tell that definitively until they're actually looking at it in surgery.
He is trying to do a referral to the VA ENT clinic in Charleston, with Dr. Myer, but the VA system doesn't offer Charleston as one of the options for an automatic consult, so he has to kinda go around the VA bureaucracy to get me down there.
Birdcrazy:
Keep us posted Susan.
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