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What is a 5mm contrast enhancing and dural base lesion seen lateral to the right frontal lobe?
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What side of the brain is affected by a lesion?
A lesion refers to any sort of damage to the brain which results in tissue loss. They can occur on both sides of the brain - a lateral lesion would be only on one side though (whichever - just means on one side only) whereas a bilateral lesion will mean both sides are affected.
What is a enhancing lesion on a liver CT?
There are several phases to a liver CT, or any CT. I am not a physician, but I just read up on the stages of a CT (with the IV dye contrast).There is the Arterial Phase, the Venous Phase, and several others in the CT, which takes about 35 seconds on average to perform once on the scanner.Most of the enhancing lesions ARE benign, but don't quote me.Please, someone with medical knowledge help this person.You can find a good article on RadiologyAssistant.com
What is an underlying enhancing lesion or metastatic disease pertaining to a mri of the brain?
A MRI of the brain is used to find these conditions. You will not know the underlying issue until the procedure is completed and reviewed.
Describe how the brain uses cues from the environment to form conclusions?
The frontal lobe is most heavily involved in processing cues and information in a way that rational decisions can be made. With frontal lobe lesions, rational decision making is often significantly impaired (especially the more severe the lesion or deficit).
What is the of meaning ill defined hypodense appearance?
Lesion appears to be ill defined and slightly hypodense on the non contrast and shows bright enhancement on the arterial phase scan
Which lesion in a coronary artery do physicians normally consider higher risk proximal lesion or distal lesion?
Proximal lesion
What is an anechoic lesion?
anechoic lesion
Are liver hemangiomas hypodense or hyperdense?
they are hypodense typically though can have a varied appearance. They can be diagnosed definitvely with a contrast enhacned CT or MR due to a characteristic enhancement pattern. They are a benign lesion.
What is an arterial enhancing lesion which is partially enhanced on the portal venous phase?
Without the rest of the study, as well as your history, physical and lab results, there's no way to provide a diagnosis based on a single sentence from your MRI. The sentence you list describes a particular pattern found at a particular time in the contrast administration. Enhancement in the portal venous phase often means benign -- no cancer. Talk to your health care provider for information specific to your situation.
Is a lesion like a tumor?
A lesion on the brain is just an injury or a disease. Some lesions are harmless or life threatening. I have a brain tumor(lesion) on the frontal lobe of my brain, its the size of a pea. If it grows I'll need surgery to remove it. A tumor is a disease on the brain which may cause some type of cancer. These tumors that cause cancer are life threatening to people. People that have leukimia (cancer) sometimes have problems with their blood. Sometimes people can help it but they cough up blood from the cancer that they have. Hope this helped!
Is a lesion a pathological site?
A 'lesion' is anything or any site of the body that is not normal.Yes, a lesion is a pathological site.
What is a subcapsular lesion?
small subcapsular lesion of the liver
