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  1. mysticmagnolia

    WMLs and Post Concussion Syndrome - ME connection?

    Hello all, wanted to check in with a question. Some may recall my (34F) posting last year about the discovery of white matter lesions on my brain MRI. Well, since then, I have been on a very strange journey... where I went to a specialist cognitive assessment clinic and their neuroscientists...
  2. Prefect

    MRI: White Matter Lesions?!

    My MRI shows 10 white matter lesions in the periventricular regions of my brain, each about 4mm in size. Funny thing is the neurologist who ordered it told me my MRI is normal except for compacted debris in my right maxillary sinus, and made no mention of the lesions. I found out later by...