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Suggest Treatment For Malformation On Pons Area Caused Due To Recurrent Strokes

I ve suffered 4 strokes since March 2014. I saw my neurologist today, and he said the reading of my 6th, yes 6th MRI, shows malformations on the pons area, due to the recurrent strokes. I m getting home care with the visiting nurse, OT, PT & speech therapy. My INR is checked each week. My Coumadin dosage varies, as expected. My doctor wants to keep the level from 2.5-3. Where is the pons part of the brain?
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HI

Greetings from Dr.Divakara.P
Thanks for posting your query.

I will explain to you in simple words . Human brain can be roughly divided into 2 parts.

1. Cerebral Hemisphere : The part of the brain under the skull.
2. Brainstem : The part of brain that is present behind the back of neck that connects Spinal cord to cerebral hemisphere.

Pons is one of the part is Brainstem . Roughly it is present at the junction of base of the skull with the neck .

There is no specific treatment for the malformation caused due to recurrent strokes. But I will be able to advise you more better if you could upload the scan report.


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Any clarification feel free to ask.
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Suggest Treatment For Malformation On Pons Area Caused Due To Recurrent Strokes

HI Greetings from Dr.Divakara.P Thanks for posting your query. I will explain to you in simple words . Human brain can be roughly divided into 2 parts. 1. Cerebral Hemisphere : The part of the brain under the skull. 2. Brainstem : The part of brain that is present behind the back of neck that connects Spinal cord to cerebral hemisphere. Pons is one of the part is Brainstem . Roughly it is present at the junction of base of the skull with the neck . There is no specific treatment for the malformation caused due to recurrent strokes. But I will be able to advise you more better if you could upload the scan report. Hope this information is useful to you. Any clarification feel free to ask.