Comes and goes. Like pins and needles mostly in foot. Sometimes up to left knee it’s been since March April when I had several avm onyx treatments. 6 months and still have this numbness Does anyone have this problem
Hi
Whereabouts is your AVM? Is it in your brain or in your spine? I’ve heard of spinal AVMs leaving some sensory effects way down in the foot but brain AVMs I think would tend to give more local effects.
Wishing you the best,
Richard
Richard, Many thanks for your thoughts.
BRAIN AVMs
The left foot tingling has been going on since the beginning.
These are the test they did. Starting March 8th 2018
Below is the last one. July 23, 2018
Your thoughts
Thanks
RDR
MRI BRAIN W WO CONTRAST - Details
Study Result
Narrative
MRI BRAIN WITH AND WITHOUT CONTRAST
INDICATION: ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION. STATUS POST MULTISTAGE
TRANSARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION.
COMPARISON: CT HEAD 4/10/2018. MRI BRAIN 3/9/2018. CT ANGIOGRAM
3/8/2018.
TECHNIQUE: MULTIPLANAR, MULTI-SEQUENCE MR IMAGING OF THE ENTIRE BRAIN
WAS PERFORMED BEFORE AND AFTER INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION OF
GADOLINIUM-BASED CONTRAST.
FINDINGS:
THE PLEXIFORM ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION SITUATED AT THE RIGHT
ORBITOFRONTAL REGION DEMONSTRATES SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN OVERALL
NIDUS VOLUME COMPARED TO THE 3/9/18 MRI, WITH ONLY FAINT RESIDUAL
ENHANCEMENT AROUND THE NIDUS, WHEREAS PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS DIFFUSE
HETEROGENEOUS ENHANCEMENT WITHIN THE NIDUS. THERE HAS BEEN INTERVAL
OCCLUSION OF THE RIGHT BASAL VEIN OF ROSENTHAL DRAINAGE OF THE AVM
AND RESOLUTION OF ITS ASSOCIATED PREVIOUSLY NOTED ANEURYSM. CONGESTED
VENOUS DRAINAGE FROM THE RESIDUAL SUBFRONTAL CORTICAL VEIN INTO THE
ANTERIOR SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED IN
CALIBER.
NO EVIDENCE OF ACUTE ISCHEMIA. REDEMONSTRATED RIGHT ORBITOFRONTAL
REGION CYSTIC ENCEPHALOMALACIA AND POSTOPERATIVE CHANGES RELATED TO
TRANSARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED AVM.
NO SIGNIFICANT WHITE MATTER DISEASE. NO MASS EFFECT, HEMORRHAGE OR
HYDROCEPHALUS. NO ABNORMAL ENHANCEMENT TO SUGGEST NEOPLASM OR
ABSCESS. PARANASAL SINUSES ARE CLEAR. THE ORBITS ARE GROSSLY
UNREMARKABLE. NO FOCAL MARROW REPLACING LESION SEEN…
CONCLUSION: INTERVAL TREATMENT OF THE RIGHT ORBITOFRONTAL REGION
AVM SINCE THE PRIOR MRI DATED 3/9/18. THERE HAS BEEN COMPLETE
OCCLUSION OF THE RIGHT BASAL VEIN OF ROSENTHAL WITH RESOLUTION OF ITS
ASSOCIATED ANEURYSM. DECREASED CALIBER OF THE RESIDUAL SUBFRONTAL
CORTICAL VEIN.
ALL PROVIDED IMAGES WERE REVIEWED.
THIS IS A FINAL REPORT
Read By: SHAHZEB NIAZI
Reading Physician: VINAY BHATIA
Releasing Physician: VINAY BHATIA
Released Date Time: 07/23/2018 14:54
BRAIN.
Your thoughts
Thanks
RDR
TestOrdered ByDate
- MRI BRAIN W WO CONTRASTJohn C Chaloupka, MDJul 23, 2018
- POCT GLUCOSESoroush Aghigh, MDApr 13, 2018
- POCT GLUCOSESoroush Aghigh, MDApr 13, 2018
- SP NEURO INTERVENTIONALJohn C Chaloupka, MDApr 12, 2018
- CBC WITH DIFFERENTIALCIMENT,ARI J, MDApr 12, 2018
- BASIC METABOLIC PANELCIMENT,ARI J, MDApr 12, 2018
- APTTCIMENT,ARI J, MDApr 12, 2018
- POCT GLUCOSESoroush Aghigh, MDApr 11, 2018
- ABO/RHJohn C Chaloupka, MDApr 11, 2018
- ANTIBODY SCREENJohn C Chaloupka, MDApr 11, 2018
- POCT GLUCOSESoroush Aghigh, MDApr 11, 2018
- POCT GLUCOSESoroush Aghigh, MDApr 11, 2018
- BASIC METABOLIC PANELSoroush Aghigh, MDApr 11, 2018
- CBC WITH DIFFERENTIALSoroush Aghigh, MDApr 11, 2018
- CT BRAIN STEALTH W/O CONTRASTDahlgren,Ryan M, MDApr 11, 2018
- CT BRAIN STEALTH W/O CONTRASTDahlgren,Ryan M, MDApr 10, 2018
- CT HEAD BRAIN WO CONTRASTJohn C Chaloupka, MDApr 10, 2018
- SP NEURO INTERVENTIONALDahlgren,Ryan M, MDApr 10, 2018
- SP NEURO INTERVENTIONALDahlgren,Ryan M, MDApr 10, 2018
- BASIC METABOLIC PANELDahlgren,Ryan M, MDApr 10, 2018
- CBC WITHOUT DIFFERENTIALDahlgren,Ryan M, MDApr 10, 2018
- APTTDahlgren,Ryan M, MDApr 10, 2018
- PROTIME-INRDahlgren,Ryan M, MDApr 10, 2018
- CBC WITH DIFFERENTIALHamid R Keshvari Rasti, MDMar 14, 2018
- BASIC METABOLIC PANELHamid R Keshvari Rasti, MDMar 14, 2018
- SP NEURO INTERVENTIONALJohn C Chaloupka, MDMar 13, 2018
- CBC WITH DIFFERENTIALRobert N Galbut, MDMar 13, 2018
- BASIC METABOLIC PANELRobert N Galbut, MDMar 13, 2018
- PROTIME-INRRobert N Galbut, MDMar 13, 2018
- APTTRobert N Galbut, MDMar 13, 2018
- SP NEURO INTERVENTIONALJohn C Chaloupka, MDMar 12, 2018
- SP NEURO INTERVENTIONALJohn C Chaloupka, MDMar 12, 2018
- CBC WITH DIFFERENTIALHamid R Keshvari Rasti, MDMar 12, 2018
- BASIC METABOLIC PANELHamid R Keshvari Rasti, MDMar 12, 2018
- PROTIME-INRHamid R Keshvari Rasti, MDMar 12, 2018
- MRI BRAIN W WO CONTRASTSHEA,SEANMar 9, 2018
- EEG ROUTINESHEA,SEANMar 9, 2018
- CBC WITH DIFFERENTIALCIMENT,ARI J, MDMar 9, 2018
- BASIC METABOLIC PANELCIMENT,ARI J, MDMar 9, 2018
- CT ANGIOGRAM HEAD & NECK W WO CONTRASTDALLEY,MICHAEL T, DOMar 8, 2018
- XR CHEST PA & LATERALDALLEY,MICHAEL T, DOMar 8, 2018
- EKGDALLEY,MICHAEL T, DOMar 8, 2018
- BASIC METABOLIC PANELDALLEY,MICHAEL T, DOMar 8, 2018
- CBC WITH DIFFERENTIALDALLEY,MICHAEL T, DOMar 8, 2018
- LIPID PANELDALLEY,MICHAEL T, DOMar 8, 2018
- PROTIME-INRDALLEY,MICHAEL T, DOMar 8, 2018
- APTTDALLEY,MICHAEL T, DOMar 8, 2018
- TROPONIN IDALLEY,MICHAEL T, DOMar 8, 2018
- PATHOLOGY SPECIMENNewman,Arin H, MDMar 27, 2017
- Colonoscopy ResultsNewman,Arin H, MDMar 27, 2017
- EGD ResultsNewman,Arin H, MDMar 27, 2017
- US BREAST COMPLETE BILATERALRADICK,JASON L, MDMar 24, 2017
- Diagnostic Mammo 3D TomoRADICK,JASON L, MDMar 24, 2017
MRI BRAIN W WO CONTRAST - Details
Study Result
Narrative
MRI BRAIN WITH AND WITHOUT CONTRAST
INDICATION: ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION. STATUS POST MULTISTAGE
TRANSARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION.
COMPARISON: CT HEAD 4/10/2018. MRI BRAIN 3/9/2018. CT ANGIOGRAM
3/8/2018.
TECHNIQUE: MULTIPLANAR, MULTI-SEQUENCE MR IMAGING OF THE ENTIRE BRAIN
WAS PERFORMED BEFORE AND AFTER INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION OF
GADOLINIUM-BASED CONTRAST.
FINDINGS:
THE PLEXIFORM ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION SITUATED AT THE RIGHT
ORBITOFRONTAL REGION DEMONSTRATES SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN OVERALL
NIDUS VOLUME COMPARED TO THE 3/9/18 MRI, WITH ONLY FAINT RESIDUAL
ENHANCEMENT AROUND THE NIDUS, WHEREAS PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS DIFFUSE
HETEROGENEOUS ENHANCEMENT WITHIN THE NIDUS. THERE HAS BEEN INTERVAL
OCCLUSION OF THE RIGHT BASAL VEIN OF ROSENTHAL DRAINAGE OF THE AVM
AND RESOLUTION OF ITS ASSOCIATED PREVIOUSLY NOTED ANEURYSM. CONGESTED
VENOUS DRAINAGE FROM THE RESIDUAL SUBFRONTAL CORTICAL VEIN INTO THE
ANTERIOR SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED IN
CALIBER.
NO EVIDENCE OF ACUTE ISCHEMIA. REDEMONSTRATED RIGHT ORBITOFRONTAL
REGION CYSTIC ENCEPHALOMALACIA AND POSTOPERATIVE CHANGES RELATED TO
TRANSARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED AVM.
NO SIGNIFICANT WHITE MATTER DISEASE. NO MASS EFFECT, HEMORRHAGE OR
HYDROCEPHALUS. NO ABNORMAL ENHANCEMENT TO SUGGEST NEOPLASM OR
ABSCESS. PARANASAL SINUSES ARE CLEAR. THE ORBITS ARE GROSSLY
UNREMARKABLE. NO FOCAL MARROW REPLACING LESION SEEN…
CONCLUSION: INTERVAL TREATMENT OF THE RIGHT ORBITOFRONTAL REGION
AVM SINCE THE PRIOR MRI DATED 3/9/18. THERE HAS BEEN COMPLETE
OCCLUSION OF THE RIGHT BASAL VEIN OF ROSENTHAL WITH RESOLUTION OF ITS
ASSOCIATED ANEURYSM. DECREASED CALIBER OF THE RESIDUAL SUBFRONTAL
CORTICAL VEIN.
ALL PROVIDED IMAGES WERE REVIEWED.
THIS IS A FINAL REPORT
Read By: SHAHZEB NIAZI
Reading Physician: VINAY BHATIA
Releasing Physician: VINAY BHATIA
Released Date Time: 07/23/2018 14:54
Ok. There’s a lot to read in there but clearly brain AVM rather than anything spinal as far as I read it. Feels like a “throw away” comment but you’re definitely unique!
Let me have a read and see if there are any other thoughts / ideas come to me but I don’t know any more about this stuff than you do!
Wishing you the best!
Richard
Still having the tingling in left foot all the time. Like its been asleep. Any clue why.
thanks
Renee