I don't remember my doctor saying to get yearly MRI's  I didn't know I needed them and I was going to turn down the next one offerred to me becuase of the high insurance deductable.  So can a benign angioma become dangerous later?  My doctor didn't seem overly concernd after the follow up CT scan.  He just said I don't need surgery. 

fortunatley my blood pressure has always been fine. 

Patti 

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From: "Vicky" <vmcnierney8743@...>
Reply-To: neurovascular@yahoogroups.com
To: neurovascular@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [neurovascular] Re: benign angiomas
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:21:15 -0000

--- In neurovascular@yahoogroups.com, "pmbeers2000" <PMbeers@...> wrote:
>A benign angioma basically means that their are no cavernomas at this
time. Your vessels are strong and you are in no danger of a bleed or a
rupture. That is good news...Do keep an eye on your blood pressure, be
aware of headaches that seem out of the ordinary and try to get a doc
to do regular MRIs or ct scans like maybe yearly. I have mine done
yearly as my neurlologist is very good at keeping up with my
checkups...Glad to see that someone is posting on this site again...not
alot of activity here...
> By accident my neurologist found from a MRI that I have two angiomas
in
> my brain. I had a follow up CT scan that showed that they are
benign.
> I have not found much information on the internet about angiomas at
> all. Can anyone tell me what is the difference between a benign
> angioma and one that is not benign? All my doctor told me was keep
my
> blood pressure normal and let him know if I have any bad headaches.
>
> =Patti
>