Is there a possibility of stroke when diagnosed with Ischemic focus and blood vessel disease?
Patient: I have recently been diagnosed with ishemic focus and blood vessels disease in the right anterioor putman.... I had 2 recent episodes that I;m now seeing a nuerologist and have already had 2 mri 's with findings of blood vessel disease and ischemic focus. I was told I had a stroke. is this possibly true. Doctor: Yes an evidence of ischemia on MRI is a suggestion of prior stroke . As it would have been a minor event you wouldn't have noticed and it may have passed silently.  However medical treatment to prevent future episode which can be major is strongly suggested and an evaluation for the cause of same should be done depending on your risk factors and clinical evaluation.  Regards Dr Priyank Mody