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Originally Posted by tonyaocala
Can someone tell me the difference between "enhancement" and "altered signal intensity" or "abnormal signal intensity"? Does all of it basically different words for "enhancement"? Of course I am referring to the MRI findings.
Thank you in advance for all information and knowledge that you have 
~T
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This is a bump, really, for Rex.
There is some information in the following links I posted, that might be helpful:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread164-3.html
I think MRI "abnormalties" (in the brain) can be caused by any number of things, not necessarily MS lesions. With MS, normally we hear words like:
- hyperintense (T2 lesions)
- hypointense (T1 lesions)
- discrete foci with well-defined margins
- focal abnormal areas of
enhancement, focus of enhancement (Gad-enhanced lesions)
- FLAIR sagittal images (for the corpus callosum)
And they are generally found in specific areas of the brain; corpus callosum, cerebral and cerebellar white matter, brain stem, internal capsules and visual pathways (and spinal cord).
What exactly do your MRI results say?
Hopefully Rex will be by to clarify.
Cherie
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