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What Is Brain Calcification?
Question: what is brain calification and what happens next?
Brief Answer:
It is normal at your age.
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.
If you would have presented to me as an outpatient with this query,my answer would have been a straightforward-Normal at your age,nothing happens next and nothing to do.
Age related mineralization or calcification of brain structures like basal ganglia,pineal gland or choroid plexus is a normal finding on brain computerised tomographic scan(CT scan).It is asymptomatic and no treatment is to be done for it
Hope I have answered your query.If you have some follow up questions,I shall be glad to answer else,please close the thread-rate it and write a review.Your rating will be of help to me.
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
It is normal at your age.
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.
If you would have presented to me as an outpatient with this query,my answer would have been a straightforward-Normal at your age,nothing happens next and nothing to do.
Age related mineralization or calcification of brain structures like basal ganglia,pineal gland or choroid plexus is a normal finding on brain computerised tomographic scan(CT scan).It is asymptomatic and no treatment is to be done for it
Hope I have answered your query.If you have some follow up questions,I shall be glad to answer else,please close the thread-rate it and write a review.Your rating will be of help to me.
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
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