can u tell if a brain tumor is benign just by looking at an mri of it?
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 at
11:22 am
andre h asked:
i had a mri of my brain after ct scan came back with a 1cm spot in my head. i go and have a mri and the doctor doing the mri tells me that it looks benign and i have nothing to wory about……….
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Lung Cancer
Now we have a conflict. I had an MRI on 02/14 which shows an optic chiasm tumor that is 14×9x12.8 mm in size. The neurosurgeon and the radiologists both say “can’t tell what it is until we get it out”. So my impression is no you can’t tell by looking at an MRI image. I am schduled for surgery next Tuesday to remove the tumor. just in the 3 weeks since the first MRI, my vision has deteriorated.
Now you say they found a “spot” that is 1 cm in size. Because of it’s size it probably is of no consequence yet, but I bet they choose to watch it closely for awhile to see what it may do.
Lung Cancer
Depends if it is a tumor inside your brain or in your head. For instance, there are tumors called meningiomas that grow in the wrapping between your brain and your skull which are usually benign, very common and have a distinctive rounded shape.
Anything in the actual grey matter of your brain is serious of itself. Anything anywhere in the head that looks the least suspicious sets “the bells ringing” and a lot of things happening quite fast.
Lung Cancer
Was the person perfoming the MRI a Radiation Tech or a medical doctor? I had that confusion myself.
Ask for a copy of the medical report / interpretation of the MRI, to determine what the medical team had to say. We usually had to wait between 1 and 2 days for that report after the MRI. Ask the doctor to show you the precise location in your head.
When in the brain and without a biopsy a classification of Space Occupying Lession (SOL) or “spot” could be utilized.
With kind and gentle regards,
David Edge
Founder Yahoo Parental Support group Pediatric Brain Tumors
Father of a daughter diagnosed with a brain tumor in June 1998 Malignant cancerous – Medulloblastoma
Lung Cancer
Well, you can take comfort in knowing that doctors rarely give comforting news if the case is dire. An experienced neurosurgeon can sometimes tell based on position/size/symptoms if he suspects a tumor is benign or malignant. I had a very large, almost asymptomatic tumor, and right away they said it was benign, because if it had been ,malignant I’d be dead or at least having constant seizures. Turned out, they were right. So be positive. If they choose to remove it, it will be biopsied, or maybe you will have a non-invasive form of treatment–whatever happens, good luck, but don’t let them ignore it!