Can a CT scan detect MS lesions, can someone explain to me why or why not?
during my first episode with dizziness, I went to the ER. age 19. year 2005. They ordered a CT scan of my head. The ER doctor referred me to a neurologist because they found "spots." When I asked them what that could mean, the ER doctor said it COULD mean the beginning stages of "Multiple Sclerosis."
so I went to the Neurologist who repeated the CT scan, this time with contrast, and he said it was fine, that maybe I moved my head too much during the first one.
I later went back with more symptoms and he ordered an MRI, but by the time I got in for the MRI I was symptom free and so cancelled the MRI...never got the MRI.
Wondering if the ER doc may have been onto something, although the repeat CT scan came out normal, does this mean I could still have lesions that maybe an MRI will detect?
during my first episode with dizziness, I went to the ER. age 19. year 2005. They ordered a CT scan of my head. The ER doctor referred me to a neurologist because they found "spots." When I asked them what that could mean, the ER doctor said it COULD mean the beginning stages of "Multiple Sclerosis."
so I went to the Neurologist who repeated the CT scan, this time with contrast, and he said it was fine, that maybe I moved my head too much during the first one.
I later went back with more symptoms and he ordered an MRI, but by the time I got in for the MRI I was symptom free and so cancelled the MRI...never got the MRI.
Wondering if the ER doc may have been onto something, although the repeat CT scan came out normal, does this mean I could still have lesions that maybe an MRI will detect?
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