Archive for February, 2009

AJNR Special Collections now available in print!

Posted on February 26th, 2009 by Mauricio Castillo, Univ of North Carolina | 515 views

We now have print on demand capabilities. After our first Special Collection was published online about 6 months ago we received several requests from individuals wanting print copies of it. Now, on the welcome page [...]

two arachnoid cysts?

Posted on February 25th, 2009 by Eytan Raz, Sapienza University of Rome | 821 views

I would like to have a feedback from NeuroSeniors about what could be this finding:
this is a 48 yo woman who had radiotherapy for left trigeminal neuralgia (look the temporal lobe). No pituitary gland problems.
It [...]

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CT Cisternogram

Posted on February 22nd, 2009 by merita bania, tbh | 872 views

I would like to know how much intrathecal contrast to inject for a CT cisternogram via a lumbar puncture approach. I am not sure.

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ASL Perfusion in Cortical Dysplasia

Posted on February 17th, 2009 by Mauricio Castillo, Univ of North Carolina | 923 views

Arterial spin labeling perfusion is becoming an important clinical tool. We find it particularly useful in children in whom it is difficult to obtain contrast enhanced MR perfusion due to the smaller size of needles [...]

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AJNR Paper Points to Future of Severe Ischemic Stroke Treatment

Posted on February 13th, 2009 by Ramon Gonzalez, MGH | 861 views

Acute ischemic stroke remains the most important neurologic malady in the world.  Severe strokes caused by artery occlusion are a minority of all strokes, but cause most of the poor outcomes and costs associated with [...]

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Education

Posted on February 13th, 2009 by Nolan Kagetsu, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center | 519 views

As a program director I would be interested in a category on education. Hopefully others are as well. Some suggested discussion topics:
It would be great if the ASNR opened up on-line content to residents.
ASNR should [...]

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Why can’t ASNR come up with better CME’s?

Posted on February 13th, 2009 by Aaron Kaplan, Eden Medical Center | 819 views

Great journals and case of the day…
but, compared to Radiographics or ACR’s Case of the Day… would love to see the Neuro cases of the week or some other case base format provided for online [...]

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Editor’s and Fellows’ Journal Club Choices, February 2009

Posted on February 11th, 2009 by Mauricio Castillo, Univ of North Carolina | 607 views

Editor’s Choices
Can Quantitative Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging Differentiate Benign and Malignant Cold Thyroid Nodules? Initial Results in 25 Patients • C. Schueller-Weidekamm, K. Kaserer, G. Schueller, C. Scheuba, H. Ringl, M. Weber, C. Czerny, and A.M. [...]

Incomplete ring sign?

Posted on February 11th, 2009 by karthikram raghuram, WVU | 787 views

How confidently can one diagnose demyelination with the incomplete ring sign? As opposed to infectious/inflammatory lesions?

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RE: DWI for head and neck lesions – acute ischemic optic neuropathy

Posted on February 10th, 2009 by Jenny Hoang, Duke University Medical Center | 853 views

Here’s another case for the value of DWI for head and neck lesions.
This patient had left central retinal artery occlusion and acute ischemic optic neuropathy. There is restricted diffusion in the anterior left optic nerve [...]

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