Archive for July, 2009

J.H. Lee, ed. Springer; 2008, 639 pages, 631 illustrations, $239.00.
Meningiomas: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcome is an expansive textbook, written by a neurosurgeon and primarily for neurosurgeons. Dr. Lee has operated on more than 600 [...]

H.R. Harnsberger, C.M. Glastonbury, M.A. Michel, B.L. Koch, C.D. Phillips, K. Mosier, P. Hudgins, R. Wiggins, H.C. Davidson and J. Curé. Amirsys; 2009, 800 pages, 2500 illustrations, $329.00.
In a variation on the highly popular [...]

J.G. Blickman, B.R. Parker, and P.D. Barnes, eds. Mosby Elsevier; 2009, 358 pages, $102.00.
In keeping with other volumes in the Requisites in Radiology series, this 358-page book, Pediatric Radiology: The Requisites, covers the major imaging [...]

J.A. Soto and B. Lucey. Emergency Radiology: The Requisites. Mosby Elsevier; 2009, 397 pages, $102.00; and S.E. Mirvis,
K. Shanmuganathan, L.A. Miller, and C.W. Sliker. Emergency Radiology: Case Review Series. Mosby Elsevier; 2009, 432 pages, $52.95. [...]

D.H.S. Silverman, ed. Springer; 2009, 215 pages, 75 illustrations, $149.00.
As editor of the book PET in the Evaluation of Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders, Dr. Silverman and other contributors discuss the role of positronemission [...]

This 30 year old hypertensive female smoker presented with acute onset of right hemiparesis. Her history also included OCP use and dyslipidemia. MRI demonstrated an acute infarct in the posterior limb of the left internal [...]

A 41-year-old female with history of migraine presented to the ED with acute onset of aphasia. In addition to the aphasia, there was numbness and tingling in the right arm and face. Patient demonstrated expressive [...]

This is a one month-old female with congenital hypothyroidism, hypoplasia of the thyroid gland, elevated TSH (eight times normal value), elevated FSH and LH (four times normal values), normal GH, without diabetes insipid. She is [...]

The article “Is CT Still Useful in the Study Protocol of Retinoblastoma?“, published July 17 in the Publication Preview section of AJNR, confirms that even when high-field MRI is not available, CT can be avoided [...]

In reading the newly e published article in the AJNR  “The Effect of Exercise on the Cerebral Vasculature of Healthy Aged Subjects as Visualized by MR Angiography” ( Posted on July 9th), there is positive [...]