Among nine patients who underwent the venoplasty to clear blockages, clinical outcomes and brain lesion measures were generally worse after 6 months than in the 10 patients who received a sham procedure, Adnan Siddiqui, MD, of the State University of New York at Buffalo, and colleagues found.

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But then MRI scans spotted a small, fast-growing lesion inside his brain.

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