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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: September 2010
The Temporal Bone: An Imaging Atlas
Lane J, Witte RJ. The Temporal Bone: An Imaging Atlas. Springer 2010, 109 pages, 53 illustrations $ 129.00.
The Temporal Bone: An Imaging Atlas provides well labeled sectional images through the temporal bone using both CT and MRI. The subject is very well covered and accurately detailed. There is little text; the images are the heart of this book. There are many atlases in many books available today. What is unique about this effort is the method used to create the images as well as the quality and detail of the figures. The authors use micro CT and micro … Continue reading >>
AJNR Blog for iPhone
This blogsite is now available on a special platform (WPtouch) for iPhone. Once you access AJNRBLOG.ORG, your iPhone should default into the mobile mode automatically (if not, you can manually change it at the bottom of the screen). For those using other devices, such as a Blackberry, our standard platform should continue to be satisfactory. The new platform should also work well with devices that are android-based. Please note that our iPhone application does not support “pinching and stretching” but despite this the text is clearly readable and the illustrations are of high quality.
Parkinson’s Disease
Grosset DG, Grosset KA, Okun MS, et al. Parkinson’s Disease. Clinician’s Desk Reference. Manson Publishing 2009, 160 pages, 100 illustrations, £40.00.
This 176-page monograph on Parkinson’s Disease and related movement disorders is geared to clinicians who deal with these disorders. The graphics in the book allow one to quickly grasp the key features of these diseases including the structural, biochemical and genetic factors involved. The pathophysiology causing disease progression is outlined in bullet points (that is in fact the structure of the entire book), which is not the traditional writing of medical text but is a style gaining increasing favor. … Continue reading >>
UNC: New Neuroradiology Fellowship Position for 2011
Our program was just approved for an additional fellowship position. We would like to fill it for 2011. If you, or someone you know, is interested please contact me at: castillo@med.unc.edu or 919 966 3087
More information regarding our fellowship can be found at: http://www.med.unc.edu/radiology/neuroradiology/… Continue reading >>
Books Received 9/13
Handbook of Medical Neuropsychology
Applications of Cognitive Neuroscience
Carol L. Armstrong; Lisa Morrow (Editors)
Springer 2010, 450 pages, $159.00
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound with MRI Correlations
By Vikram S. Dogra and Diana Gaitini
Thieme 2011, 328 pages, 864 illustrations, $149.95… Continue reading >>
Aunt Mickey (They Look the Same until You Undress Them). Cavernous Sinus Tumor or Something Else?
A young male presented with progressive right sided cranial nerve palsies was diagnosed as having a cavernous sinus syndrome. CT was done (Fig. 1) and showed a mass in the right cavernous sinus extending to the sphenoid sinus. Note that the mass contained some flecks of calcium and remodeled adjacent bones. At this point in time, the differential diagnosis included mainly a solid tumor (schwannoma, neurofibroma, meningioma, metastases [less like due to age and absence of primary tumor), lymphoma, and hemangioma). MR imaging with contrast was obtained and a coronal T1 image (Fig. 2) demonstrated that the mass enhanced homogeneously … Continue reading >>
Educational Presentation: Spinal Cord Tumors in NF-1 and NF-2
Here is a nice and concise overview of the most common spinal cord tumors found in patients with neurofibromatosis types 1 and 2. Although we are all familiar with astrocytomas and ependymomas, we know less about intramedullary schwannomas. I hope that this brief presentation will be helpful to all of you.
Intramedullary Lesions in NF1 and NF2 (NXPowerLite)… Continue reading >>