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Have Stage 4 Lung Cancer. MRI Shows Silent Strokes. Have Pain In Right Side, Tremors. CT Scan Shows Infarcts. Meaning?

I have stage 4 cancers in my lungs,and liver.my dr did ct,and MRI on my brain.i did not have cancer but was told I had 3 silent strokes.i had strange pains on my right side in spots,Ive been having tremors.my MRI said bilateral periventricular hyperintensities ,mucosal thickening within the maxillary sinus.impression.stable intracranial atherosclerotic vascular disease.what does that mean? My ct scan said I had 3 small infarts.i have pain in that right temporal area,and sometimes my blood pressure goes very high out of the blue.
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thanks for your question.
infarcts mean tissues which are necrotic( dead) because blood supply and oxygen was cut off in that area due to various reasons for example obstruction by embolus, thrombus. Most likely the lung cancer must have spread to your brain as well.
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Have Stage 4 Lung Cancer. MRI Shows Silent Strokes. Have Pain In Right Side, Tremors. CT Scan Shows Infarcts. Meaning?

Hi thanks for your question. infarcts mean tissues which are necrotic( dead) because blood supply and oxygen was cut off in that area due to various reasons for example obstruction by embolus, thrombus. Most likely the lung cancer must have spread to your brain as well. Hope I answered your question, will be happy to help you if you have more queries.