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I recently got access to 'view my chart' online and read my MRI report from a couple of years ago and it said I have several punctate areas. Can anyone shed some light on this? Thanks.
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03-14-2014, 12:38 AM
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Google took me here. http://medical-dictionary.thefreedic...y.com/punctate
as for what it actually means in reference to your actual MRI. I dunno. Everything I just saw mentioned "spots". No idea if it's an abnormal thing.
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03-14-2014, 10:57 AM
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I think it is a fancy doctor word for "dots" or "points". Probably used when the lesions are too small to bother estimating a size.
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03-14-2014, 11:58 PM
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Thanks guys. I have always thought that my MRI has only shown my one lesion on the pons. My neuro has been a little hesitant to give me the actual diagnosis of MS. at first it was clinically probable but after my optic neuritis she 'upgraded' me to MS. WOW, an upgrade. So I was a little surprised to see some other things mentioned on the MRI. I think this yer is the year to have another one and it will be interesting to see what it is. I like it that I have all my xray reports made available to me
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Punctate, what is it in an MRI reading???
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