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Medical Forum / General / General / May 2005Skull Xray Diagnosis
Hello everyone, I am providing a link to skull xrays in hopes that maybe someone can offer a possible diagnosis. If they look normal or abnormal that would help also. Thank you very much for your input. Swinky http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/swinky00/my_photos Also if you need any additonal info I will try to provide it. > Hello everyone, > I am providing a link to skull xrays in hopes that maybe someone can [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Also if you need any additonal info I will try to provide it. We can't really tell. We don't know your history or the reason why you had the skull X-Rays. Ask the ordering physician. Jeff I'm trying to get an opinion if any type of pathology may exist. The front view on the right side below the ear has a feature that looks like it's not a normal part of the human skull to me. Also the areas around the ears seem to be diseased, but I'm not an expert. I'm relying on the expertise of this group to give me some opinions. Thank you. Swinky >I'm trying to get an opinion if any type of pathology may exist. The >front view on the right side below the ear has a feature that looks >like it's not a normal part of the human skull to me. Also the areas >around the ears seem to be diseased, but I'm not an expert. I'm relying >on the expertise of this group to give me some opinions. Thank you. >Swinky How about the expertise of a radiologist instead of the numbskulls on this newsgroup, and how about giving him the benefit of a CT scan rather than archaic skull films? For what it's worth, it looks to me like you just have robust pneumatization of your mastoid air cells. PF >>I'm trying to get an opinion if any type of pathology may exist. The >>front view on the right side below the ear has a feature that looks [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > this newsgroup, and how about giving him the benefit of a CT scan > rather than archaic skull films? I agree. Who gets skull films anymore these days? I mean, what's the point? Skull xrays are notoriously difficult to read, and especially so when we're talking about low resolution jpegs. AFAIK, there aren't any radiologists that post on this newsgroup, and even if there were, I can' see them trying to make a diagnosis from those films, especially without any clinical history. HMc : >I'm trying to get an opinion if any type of pathology may exist. The : >front view on the right side below the ear has a feature that looks : >like it's not a normal part of the human skull to me. Also the areas : >around the ears seem to be diseased, but I'm not an expert. I'm relying : >on the expertise of this group to give me some opinions. Thank you. : >Swinky : How about the expertise of a radiologist instead of the numbskulls on : this newsgroup, and how about giving him the benefit of a CT scan : rather than archaic skull films? : For what it's worth, it looks to me like you just have robust : pneumatization of your mastoid air cells. : PF *smile* >Hello everyone, > I am providing a link to skull xrays in hopes that maybe someone can [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Also if you need any additonal info I will try to provide it. No photos are available Sorry, swinky00 has not enabled any public albums in their account. Hi, I think the yahoo server is having some problems, sometimes I click the link and the photos display and other times it says they are not available. Hopefully this problem will get fixed. Swinky : Hi, I think the yahoo server is having some problems, sometimes I click : the link and the photos display and other times it says they are not : available. Hopefully this problem will get fixed. : Swinky What do you hope to see with a skull xray? As I understand it, Soft tissue (e.g. brain) does not really show on x-ray. (As many people who have had "invisible" painful conditions well know.) Even glass does not show on an Xray! The imaging just doesn't work. So, unless you have a Bullet, some big hunk of Calcified mass, it is unlikely that much will show. I'd imagine a cranial Xray might be done for a suspected skull Fx? That is why doctors will order MRI, MRA, CT, PET, SPECT scans, etc. Also, remember that these tests i've listed above also use CONTRAST MEDIA...or Tagged material, to make the problem area SHOW UP on the film. I'm not surprised that using Xray imaging is useless for whatever you are seeking. What were you hoping to see? Emma :) >As I understand it, Soft tissue (e.g. brain) does >not really show on x-ray. (As many people who have had "invisible" painful >conditions well know.) > >Even glass does not show on an Xray! Yes it does. Glass is made out of silicates, and is radio-opaque. PF Some of my symptoms are the right ear canal is completly stenosed, shut, the left is almost shut. I have chronic tinnitus in both ears..extremely bad. I have had a huge reaction to efudex cream on my head, face, throat, neck and scalp. I have had other imaging done, spect, ct, mri..and have no definitive diagnosis. Swinky >Some of my symptoms are the right ear canal is completly stenosed, >shut, the left is almost shut. I have chronic tinnitus in both >ears..extremely bad. I have had a huge reaction to efudex cream on my >head, face, throat, neck and scalp. I have had other imaging done, >spect, ct, mri..and have no definitive diagnosis. >Swinky Then why in the world would you think someone on here would figure out what's wrong with you with no medical history, no physical examination -- just a set of skull X-rays> PF I didn't expect anyone here to determine the causes of any abnormalities on the skull xrays. I was only trying to ellicit opions on whether there are any abnormailities. If you read these film would you descibe them as normal? Swinky >I didn't expect anyone here to determine the causes of any > abnormalities on the skull xrays. I was only trying to ellicit opions > on whether there are any abnormailities. If you read these film would > you descibe them as normal? > Swinky That's the point. No one here can describe them as anything. Other than "robust pneumatization of the mastoid air cells", it appears that no one here has any opinion at all on your xrays. It would be absolutely irresponsible for any doctor here to declare them normal. HMc Do you see any signs of bony destruction on the temperal bones or the petrous portion? Swinky > Do you see any signs of bony destruction on the temperal bones or the > petrous portion? > Swinky That's a diagnosis best made by CT scan. What did the CT show? What did the radiologist say? HMc I'm just using the Xray scans at face value, the other information would be secondhand. Swinky ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Swinky, Steer clear of CAT scans of the brain or skull! I don't know if CT means CAT, but I do know that my mom developed neuroblastoma from CAT radiation. Sounds to me like you are having major side effects from a topical prescription OR a major systemic response to an infection. My guess is that a doctor would first give you some sort of antibiotic after canceling those allergenic physics. Cheers from the Wacko Quacko... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >but I do know that >my mom developed neuroblastoma from CAT >radiation. Highly unlikely. The amount of radiation received from a CT scan is less than that received by people living at high altitude (say in Denver) for a few months. BTW, it is rather rare for an adult to get a neuroblastoma. Neuroblastoma is almost always a tumor of children. Best, Bob Robert A. Fink, M. D. Neurological Surgery 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, CA 94704-2636 USA 510-849-2555 ********************************** NOTE: The material above is not "medical advice". Medical advice can only be given after an in-person contact between doctor and patient. ********************************** > Sounds to me like you are having major >side effects from a topical prescription OR a major >systemic response to an infection. My guess is that >a doctor would first give you some sort of antibiotic >after canceling those allergenic physics. Oh, yes, that's always a good idea. Just treat nonspecific symptoms of auditory canal "stenosis" and tinnitus with "some sort of antibiotic" just in case there might be an "infection" some where. That's good medicine! PF |
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