MRI findings

kaleidoscope · 25+ Posts = Silver Joined: 25 Jan 2010 Posts: 33

Hi, just curious about MRI findings... I know the "typical" would be decreased myleniation and/or atrophy, but does anyone's child's MRI findings include a thinning of the corpus collosum and or arachnoid cyst? Or do you know of any child with AS that has these MRI findings? Thanks!!!

Doddys mum · 50+ Posts = Gold Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Posts: 62

I've been curious about Doddys corpus callosum as it affects the motor, sensory and visual cortex. I'm going to ask his neurologist if we can get an MRI done for Dod. I'll reply again if they come back with anything to do with this area after its done.
I love these questions as it never ceases to amaze me how many people have symptoms of AS, though find it difficult to get a firm diagnosis through traditional methods. I think its very possible that the parts of the brain affected in some individuals with symptoms that mimic AS are the same parts that are affected in individuals with AS.
I'd say there are many overlapping conditions, some of which they are still researching.
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Magster's Mom · Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:09 am Post subject:

I read just about every medical journal article that gets published about Angelman because I'm a hopeless nerd. I've never come across a report of these MRI findings although there have been a number of one-off findings in individuals with AS. Unfortunately, having AS doesn't give our kids a "get out of jail free" card for every other thing that can go wrong, and there are a number of kids who have co-exisiting conditions unrelated to their AS. I know children with AS who have diabetes, asthma, Crohn's disease, agenesis of the corpus callosum, etc, and it all appears to be unrelated to their AS. Maggie has inflammatory issues and osteopenia that may be unrelated to AS. Unless these MRI findings indicate a different disease or can explain her AS symptoms, then they may just be a coincidence. Good luck sorting it out!

Erin
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yvonne84 · Joined: 04 Jun 2010 Posts: 1

Hallo,

my name is Yvonne, and we live in Austria (Vienna). So my english is not perfect Wink

My son Yannick, who is now 20 months old has everything as you have written. He has a brain atrophy, thinning corpus collosum and also a cyst.

Our doctors say that we have to see, what Yannick will learn in the future. They said also, it is very rare that children with angelman syndrom have got these variations.

Yannick can roll over very well, but he cannot crawl or sit yet.

Yvonne

kaleidoscope · 25+ Posts = Silver Joined: 25 Jan 2010 Posts: 33

Yvonne, does your son have a diagnosis?

neenah's mommy · Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:47 pm Post subject:

My daughter that has AS does not have an arachnoid cyst, but my 14 year old son that does not have AS does. His is on his front left lobe, and is the sizre of a golf ball. My father has one as well, on his brain stem. One of the doctors that has treated my son said it can run in families. My dad had his first seizure last year at the age of 72, that was how they found his.
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neenah's mommy · Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:48 pm Post subject:

My daughter that has AS does not have an arachnoid cyst, but my 14 year old son that does not have AS does. His is on his front left lobe, and is the sizre of a golf ball. My father has one as well, on his brain stem. One of the doctors that has treated my son said it can run in families. My dad had his first seizure last year at the age of 72, that was how they found his.
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