The finding of a "white matter lesion" in the brain during an MRI is quite common. Migraines, mini-strokes, vascular dementia--all related to cerebral blood flow. (So why do we call MS "autoimmune"?)



White matter lesions may not be as scary as they sound
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The brain has two main types of tissue -- gray, which is composed of the brain cells and white, which consists of the long, communicating parts of the cells called axons. The houses, shops and other important buildings would be the grey matter and all the roads, pedestrian walking paths and highway...