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Spinal Cord Herniation • 10,723 views
This is a case for Prof. Dr. Dillon. It is in press by our neurosurgeons and us, for the use of Duragen. Idiopathic herniation of the thoracic spinal cord: a case report and technique note. U...
Neuro Protocols • 8,067 views
Alisa Gean is doing a great job getting a group together to share and collaborate neuro protocols. This would be a great place from members to share protocols, and open a discussion about the best ima...
Possible SIH with Spinal Subdural Hygroma, What Next? • 6,657 views
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Brachial Plexus MRI Protocol • 5,347 views
BP MRI Protocol Fall is upon us and so is the lecturing season! Like years before, this Fall I will be giving my brachial plexus lecture several times and the most commonly asked question by the au...
Cervical Spine Nomenclature • 5,217 views
The ASNR/ASSR nomenclature document was specific for the lumbar spine. I would be interested in your opinion on the correct terminology for cervical spondylosis: what terms and why. Specifically, t...
Intracranial Hypotension: Advice on Best Treatment • 5,039 views
Middle age female patient diagnosed with Spontaneous intracranial hypotension. Has multiple (approx 23) perineural cysts. Has undergone several blood patches and artificial CSF infusions without rel...
Embolization of Brain Arteriovenous Malformations for Cure • 4,239 views
The editorial comment in the AJNR of Jan 09 by Jayaraman and Cloft is worthy of careful scrutiny, I believe. Although in my personal experience with Onyx and NBCA, final cure rates of brain AVMs from ...
Liver Hemangiomas and Vascular Lesions of the Brain • 4,212 views
[gallery] I have a patient with 15 large liver hemangiomas and two partly calcified lesions in brain. Does anyone know of associated liver hemangiomas and vascular lesions in the brain?
Aunt Mickey (They Look the Same until You Undress Them). Internal Capsule Infarct or Something Else? • 4,144 views
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...
More on DWI of Head and Neck Lesions • 3,979 views
Yesterday I wrote a short comment in the utility of DWI in the evaluation of head and neck lesions. While reading cases in the afternoon I came across a new patient with a retinoblastoma. This pa...
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Relationship Between Quality and Price
I am often asked why can’t AJNR be entirely open access and free for all? There is a direct relationship between quality and freedom of access. To maintain the quality of AJNR we need editors, reviewers, copy editors, high quality paper, mailing materials and websites and obviously all of these cost money. Devotees of “free” fail to see (or deny) the logical relationship between quality and price. In this week’s New Yorker Magazine and today’s e-version of the New York Times this subject is dealt in reviews of a newly published book: Free: The Future of a Radical Price by … Continue reading >>
Strange Lesion
This 51 year old male patient has a right hemiparesis and progressive brainstem dysfunction. The temporal lesion is probably a low grade tumor, but what about the brain stem lesion??? Could it be a paraneoplastic encephalitis or a brainstem gliomatosis? Any other suggestions?… Continue reading >>