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My experience after craniotomy to remove a meningioma
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@vernicek: Did the radiologist call out no growth but the neurosurgeon reviewed it personally and said 1 millimeter of growth? (After my last MRI check-up I was trying to schedule the follow up with my neurosurgeon. The scheduler suggested a date 1 day after the MRI scan. I said, "But I'm afraid the radiologist's report may not be ready by then." The scheduler's answer was, "He doesn't read those anyway." So is this your situation, that the radiologist cleared you as no growth but the neurosurgeon's review contradicted his report?
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Below is my JULY 30th MRI report stating no significant change in six months. My appointment with the neurosurgeon was yesterday, AUGUST 12th, my neighbor, who is a doctor, accompanied me. Dr. S’s assistant said the tumor grew and that it’s better to get MRI information from the doctor, not the radiology report.
My neurosurgeon, neighbor, and I spent 45 minutes studying and measuring the meningioma on both MRI reports and agreed that the recent images looked and measured about one millimeter larger.
I now have an appointment for a third MRI in February, but will see the UCD radiologist for his opinion this month about fragmented radiation treatments now, or later. I don’t have any symptoms. I’m not claustrophobic and only live 15 minutes from the hospital. Friends, neighbors, and my husband will take me to the 30 appointments. I’m wondering how I will feel after each treatment and how it will affect my active life. Dr. S said the treatments will cause fatigue about two months after the treatments for a short period of time.
Brain: These images again demonstrate left middle cranial fossa dural based avidly enhancing mass around left clinoid process measuring about 1.4 x 1.1 x 1.5 cm (was 1.4 x 1.1 x 1.6 cm retrospectively) not significantly change since previous study within the given difference in technique and slice selection. The mass [and adjacent dural tail] slightly abuts lateral aspect of the prechiasmatic segment of the left optic nerve with no obvious intrinsic signal abnormality at this time. Adjacent dural tail/thickening slightly extends to lateral aspect of the posterior optic canal (11:60). Medial aspect of the mass adjacent to paraclinoid internal carotid artery which is patent and [The] rostral aspect of the mass in close proximity to carotid terminus which has minimally displaced dorsally.