My mom did MRI recently in 07/2015 and findings are below. She is having intermittent memory loss. Is it bad per below report? INDICATION: Intermittent memory loss. COMPARISON: Brain MRI September 26, 2013. TECHNIQUE: Sagittal and axial T1, axial diffusion, FLAIR and T2-weighted images were obtained. Axial and coronal T1-weighted images were obtained of the brain with and without gadolinium enhancement. 10 cc OptiMARK was used. FINDINGS: There is mild to moderate generalized cerebral atrophy, physiologic for age. Mild ischemic changes are present in the subcortical and deep white matter of both cerebral hemispheres most numerous in the posterior frontal and parietal lobes on FLAIR and T2-weighting, consistent with chronic small-vessel disease. Isolated punctate ischemic change is present in the right pons. The basal ganglia and cerebellum are free of significant focal ischemic changes. No recent ischemic changes are seen on the diffusion-weighted images. No hemorrhage or extra-axial fluid collection. No mass. The corpus callosum appears normal. The pituitary gland is small and flattened in the floor of the sella turcica, consistent with partial empty sella. There is evidence of prior left cataract surgery. The paranasal sinuses are clear. There is moderate right mastoid fluid and mucosal thickening. The major arterial flow-voids appear normal at the base of the brain. The calvarium is unremarkable. The upper facial soft tissues are normal and symmetric. Following contrast injection, no abnormalities of intracranial enhancement are identified. IMPRESSION: 1. Chronic small-vessel ischemic changes are mild in the subcortical and deep white matter of both cerebral hemispheres and isolated in the right pons. 2. Small flattened pituitary in partial empty sella. 3. Mucosal thickening and fluid is moderate in the right mastoid. 4. No acute intracranial pathology. 5. Allowing for minor variation in partial volume averaging, no definite interval change is identified since September 26, 2013.
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