Ryan Westmoreland Diagnosed with a Cavernous Malformation
by Pelferized on Mar 13, 2010 6:57 PM EST
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PrintCrushing news for the Red Sox organization with it being reported top prospect Ryan Westmoreland has a cavernous malformation in his brain and will need surgery on tuesday. Here is more on cavernous malformation.
Diagnosis
Cavernous malformations are relatively uncommon, as is the likelihood that they'll bleed seriously. These vascular malformations typically do not cause any symptoms, but instead are detected on a brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan done for unrelated reasons. In other cases, the cavernous malformation may lead to significant bleeding or hemorrhage into the brain tissue, causing weakness, numbness, difficulty in speaking, difficulty in seeing, gait unsteadiness or incoordination. Even the small amount of blood surrounding the cavernoma can cause irritation of the surrounding brain tissue, sometimes causing seizures.
Best wishes to Ryan Westmoreland and his family that he may have a safe and successful surgery as well as a healthy recovery.
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Wow
Just from the description, it doesn’t sound too dangerous at least. Hopefully he can recover quickly.
it's not a problem if it's in a place in the brain where they can remove all of it.
if they can’t, it just “grows” back and continues to be a problem.
wow, sounded a lot worse just from the title...
…Jared Mitchell and Westmoreland going down in the same day? not a good day for 5-tool CFers… jeez
"Cavernous Malformation" sounds terrible, but its not really all that bad.
It’s a lesion in the brain – and anything with the brain is scary. He didn’t have any symptoms, though, it was just something they found. So, not like a life threatening issue or even career ending. But you never know with the brain. Must be terrifying for him, too.
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it sounded, from the describtion above, that there are no symptoms
you either have a seizure(which is more than a symptom IMO, that’s serious in itself) or it’s found in a physical.
The only real fear is that it doesnt go away after they remove it or he has some kind of long term affects…
by lakersdodgersyankees4life on Mar 14, 2010 3:27 AM EST up reply actions
I’m guessing they’d be trying to remove it before it has any significant effect. The description said it could hemorrhage, so maybe they’d be removing it to avoid that?
The very bad man who traded my first son non-tendered my replacement son. F*ck you Brian Sabean. Leave my children alone.
PawSox announcer says he had a seizure in training camp.
USG
by Ben Buchanan on Mar 13, 2010 11:45 PM EST up reply actions
Oh seriously?
I thought it was just found randomly in the physical…
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I'd say these sound like symptoms
The condition was discovered, according to a team source, after Westmoreland began experiencing headaches and exhibiting other neurological symptoms, including numbness.
well
I hope this shows all of you MORONS who tried to suggest that Westmoreland isn’t injury prone.
Damn
Hope the operation goes well and he recovers swiftly.
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by WayneCampbell08 on Mar 14, 2010 11:45 AM EDT reply actions
Because there is statistical proof of this?
Come on, stop making blanket statements that get you ridiculed on this site.
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