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Q: ct scan enlarged iac

asked by: woody2008 on August 30th, 2008

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i have had migrained over the last few years. The last two week I have had a constant headache, come and goes as far as intesitiy. Along with that the last 2-3 days I am loosing loss of word, confusion, tingling arms.

went to the er- they did a ct scan and he said the one iac is a lot larger that than the other - he set me up to see a neurologist and have an MRI done.

Can anyone give me pro's con's - any help here on what to expect.
thank

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zigemyster

replied on August 30th, 2008

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I can only give you advise on what to expect with an MRI. They slide you in a tube and if you are not too thrilled with small spaces you can request an open MRI machine. However if no open MRI is available you could be somewhat sedated as you will need to be kept still, especially your head.

I've had several Brain MRI's with and without contrast. In this case they take take layers of pics (I believe called slices) and then I am injected (arm) with a dye and slid back into the machine and take more pics...this procedure takes approx 45 minutes.

Go see your neurologist and get an MRI so that you can begin treatment so that you may soon have an answer and on the path to recovery.

Take care,

~Zig

woody2008

replied on August 30th, 2008

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Thanks - any other help??

with one IAC being larger that the other are their other alternatives other than tumors??

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