HNT MRI inner beauty

In my eyes this is a thing of beauty.

It proves that I have a brain and there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. What a fortunate patient I am!





The second picture is of course embarrassing - the scanner caught me with a finger up my nostril.





A Happy Easter to our remaining reader. The Easter Bunny was here already:

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Details for anatomy nerds:

MRI LEFT SUBMANDIBULAR REGION AND BRAIN

TECHNIQUE: Sequences were performed before and after Gadolinium.

FINDINGS:

Post surgical changes are noted involving the left side of the mandible and
left submandinbular soft tissues consistent with a previous submandibular gland excision and radiotherapy. Increased signal intensity in the left side of the tongue and is consistent with post treatment atrophy.

No recurrent submandibular mass or abnormal enhancement is demonstrated to suggest tumour recurrence or metastatic spread.

The left parotid gland is either quite atrophic or has also been removed. The right parotid and submandinbular glands are normal in appearance.

No lymphadenopathy is seen in the neck. There is some asymmetry of the para pharyngeal fat planes consistent with atrophy on the left secondary to previous treatment. No abnormal soft tissue mass is identified.

A contrast enhanced sequence was performed through the brain. There is no mass lesion or abnormal enhancement demonstrated and in particular no evidence of enhancement along the path of the left 5th nerve.

The ventricles are normal for age. A few scattered white matter hyperintensities are noted, non specific in appearance but likely to be ischaemic.

SUMMARY: Post treatment changes are noted in the left submandinbular region as described. No recurrent mass or abnormal enhancement seen. No evidence of metastatic disease. What a fortunate patient this is!