Mri found syrinx on my thoracic spine

[Danny1001]

I had an mri for back and and incidental riding is a syrinx on my thoracic spine. Doctor says he used pretty sure it’s nothing but is asking me to do a follow up MRI with contrast now I’m screwed because I am scared of contrast MRI as I read about the conscious to use which is GAD builds up in the brain and causes damage meanwhile my neurologist is saying he’d be more comfortable if I did the repeat MRI or he said if you decide to wait six months it’s up to you but if it’s something bad you want that dealt with I am losing my mind


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[Gooze17]

I had an mri for back and and incidental riding is a syrinx on my thoracic spine. Doctor says he used pretty sure it’s nothing but is asking me to do a follow up MRI with contrast now I’m screwed because I am scared of contrast MRI as I read about the conscious to use which is GAD builds up in the brain and causes damage meanwhile my neurologist is saying he’d be more comfortable if I did the repeat MRI or he said if you decide to wait six months it’s up to you but if it’s something bad you want that dealt with I am losing my mind


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I’ve had 2 with contrast (actual medical issue not anxiety surprisingly” no issues from it so far. Doctors weigh the risk:reward if things like that and wouldn’t put you through it if it wasn’t worthwhile.

 

[blueberries]

Danny - I've had at least a dozen MRI's, almost all of them with contrast and I have never heard of GAD building up in the brain. I just did a quick search and found one FDA article about this. It seems trace amounts may stay in the body for months. Those at highest risk for this are pregnant women, children, people with inflammatory conditions or kidney problems and those having multiple MRI's. Looks like there are different brands/types of the contrast agent and some of those are more easily retained than others. I don't know if you will have any kind of option as to which kind you have but maybe you could call the imaging center and ask for more info.

I'm facing another MRI soon and I'm not very worried about this. Seems much safer than having multiple ct scans. Have you had previous MRI's with contrast?

Did you doctor say what he thinks has caused the syrinx?

 

[Fraser]

If I could, I'd get an MRI every six months.

 

[blueberries]

If I could, I'd get an MRI every six months.

Yup, me too!! Full body MRI.

 

[Danny1001]

Thanks for replies they don’t know what caused it but want To rule anything sinister out. I called the mri place they said they have alternative dye other than Gad. I wish I never had the mri in the first place


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[mollyfin]

MRI contrast is safe unless you have an allergy or uncontrolled kidney disease. There's no evidence at all that it causes harm besides patient claims, and, well, I'm gonna trust the doctors over laypeople on this. Google is a terrible medical school.

 

[mollyfin]

Funny story (well, not funny, I guess)...guess what they found on my thoracic MRI? "Prominent central canal" which is basically a syrinx but smaller. Waiting to find out what my doctor recommends, since this definitely isn't congenital in my case.