08-31-2018, 02:59 AM
I asked Dr Janie about your original post. She says, "If he's right-handed, ask his wife if he had any speech problems during the numbness episode." That would be additional evidence of a left-brain TIA, in addition to combined leg and arm numbness.
Given the chest pain, she also suggests the possibility of a dissection of the aorta, which subsequently recanalized (did not rupture), but sent cholesterol plaques to the brain, causing a TIA. Such plaques usually dissolve, and if there is no death of brain tissue, will not show up on MRI. For diagnosis, you might need an angiogram using a catheter, which would be performed by a vascular surgeon.
This is just an hypothesis, and your neurologist will certainly think of it, but you might mention it, and also to your internist or whomever you see for follow-up of these problems.
Good luck! Are you having fun yet?
/Mr Lynn
Given the chest pain, she also suggests the possibility of a dissection of the aorta, which subsequently recanalized (did not rupture), but sent cholesterol plaques to the brain, causing a TIA. Such plaques usually dissolve, and if there is no death of brain tissue, will not show up on MRI. For diagnosis, you might need an angiogram using a catheter, which would be performed by a vascular surgeon.
This is just an hypothesis, and your neurologist will certainly think of it, but you might mention it, and also to your internist or whomever you see for follow-up of these problems.
Good luck! Are you having fun yet?
/Mr Lynn