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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...
Category Archives: Book Reviews
Emergency Neurology
Roos KL, ed. Emergency Neurology. Springer 2012, 394 pages, 81 illustrations, $149.
This 394-page hardcover book is directed primarily at junior level neurologists and emergency room physicians, and as a result, the chapters contain only minimal information which would be of value to neuroradiologists. As you think about it, much of what we do on a daily basis, particularly in a large medical center, could be considered emergency neurology, or at the minimum, urgent radiology. Although this book is easy to read it fails to convey anything beyond the most elementary aspects of the neurological conditions being considered.
The … Continue reading >>
Books Received, April 2012
Practical Fluoroscopy of the GI and GU Tracts
Marc S. Levine, Parvati Ramchandani, Stephen E. Rubesin (authors)
Cambridge 2012, 234 pages, 602 b/w illustrations, $135(M)
Handbook of Medical Neuropsychology: Applications of Cognitive Neuroscience
Carol L. Armstrong, Lisa Morrow (Eds.)
Springer 2010, 450 pages, $79.95
Animal Models of Acute Neurological Injuries II: Injury and Mechanistic Assessments, Volume 2
Series: Springer Protocols Handbooks
Jun Chen, Xiao-Ming Xu, Zao C. Xu, John H. Zhang (Eds.)
Humana Press 2012, 718 pages, 175 illustrations, $ 159.00… Continue reading >>
Magnetic Resonance Neurography
Chhabra A, Andreisek G. Magnetic Resonance Neurography. JAYPEE 2012, 218 pages, $125.
Magnetic resonance imaging is being increasingly utilized by neurologists and neurosurgeons in the evaluation of their patients with suspected peripheral nerve pathology. Neuroradiologists more oriented to MRI of CNS diseases may find themselves inexperienced and uncomfortable with peripheral nerve imaging. A recently published book seeks to remedy the situation.
The single volume Magnetic Resonance Neurography, by Avneesh Chhabra and Gustav Andreisek, is imminently readable and concise at 193 pages of text. Published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, one of India’s premier medical publishers, the … Continue reading >>
Frontiers of Neurology and Neuroscience: Manifestations of Stroke
Paciaroni M, Agnelli, Caso V, eds. Manifestations of Stroke. Series: Frontiers of Neurology and Neuroscience. Vol 30. Karger 2012, 206 pages, $233.
This book is part of the Frontiers of Neurology and Neurosurgery series and, as the title indicates, it includes in the most basic form the manifestations of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. It is a 205-page publication composed of 45 short chapters which describe the common stroke syndromes.
The authors wisely divided the book into 2 major sections. The first section involves specific neurologic disorders such motor/sensory syndromes, confusion, memory dysfunction, dizziness, impaired consciousness, dysarthria, and the … Continue reading >>
Image-Guided Spine Interventions, 2nd Edition
Mathis JM, Golovac S, eds. Image-Guided Spine Interventions. 2nd ed. Springer 2010, 403 pages, 281 illustrations, $199.
For spine interventionalists it could be said these are the “best of times and the worst of times.” Over the last 25 years, the practice of minimally invasive image-guided spine therapy has experienced remarkable growth. An ever-growing cadre of practitioners and dedicated academic programs are now devoted to advancing minimally invasive therapies for back pain, which many now consider a medical “epidemic” with costs exceeding $100 billion per year in the U.S. alone.
And yet any honest spine therapist should be … Continue reading >>
Handbook of Clinical Neurology: Bacterial Infections of the Central Nervous System
Roos KL, Tunkel AR, eds. Bacterial Infections of the Central Nervous System. Series: Aminoff MJ, Boller F, Swaab DR, eds. Handbook of Clinical Neurology. Elsevier 2010, 278 pages, $258.
The current volume is a part of the third series of the Handbook of Clinical Neurology, dedicated to bacterial infection of the central nervous system. The book covers advances in the field of bacterial infections and includes a number of new topics. It provides insight into the pathophysiological mechanism of bacterial CNS infections and covers the main principles of modern antimicrobial therapy as well as bases for new therapeutic … Continue reading >>
Books Received, March 2012
A Primer of Neuroimmunological Disease
Andrew R. Pachner (author)
Springer 2012, 208 pages, 54 illustrations, $189.00
Synaptic Plasticity
Dynamics, Development and Disease
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Vol. 970
Kreutz, Michael R.; Sala, Carlo (Eds.)
Springer 2012, 618 pages, 56 illustrations, $239.00… Continue reading >>
Intracranial Aneurysm Surgery: Basic Principles and Techniques
Samson D, Batjer HH, White J, et al. Intracranial Aneurysm Surgery: Basic Principles and Techniques. Thieme 2011, 219 pages, 159 illustrations, $74.99.
Intracranial Aneurysm Surgery: Basic Principles and Techniques is written by one of the modern day icons of cerebrovascular surgery and his colleagues. The book is a concise, step-by-step, how-to cookbook based on Dr. Sampson’s wealth of knowledge and vast clinical experience at UT southwestern. There are no major articles quoted or new data presented, only references to his peers that are as recognized as he is. This handbook is mainly geared towards the senior neurosurgical resident or cerebrovascular … Continue reading >>
Clinical Magnetoencephalography and Magnetic Source Imaging
Papanicolaou AC. Clinical Magnetoencephalography and Magnetic Source Imaging. Cambridge Medicine 2009, 220 pages, 32 illustrations, $100.
The book Clinical Magnetoencephalography and Magnetic Source Imaging is a useful handbook edited by Dr. Andrew Papanicolou, published in 2009 by Cambridge University Press. This slender handbook is the result of collective efforts by a number of members of the International Society for Advancement of Clinical Magnetoencephalography (ISACM). The book articulates the empirical knowledge gained by this group on the use of magnetoencephalography (MEG) and magnetic source imaging (MSI). The intent is to introduce and to familiarize new users of this imaging modality … Continue reading >>
Neuroimaging Clinics of North America: Advanced Imaging Techniques in Brain Tumors
Mukherji SK, consulting ed. Sundgren PC, guest ed. Advanced Imaging Techniques in Brain Tumors. Elsevier; November 2009. Neuroimaging Clinics of North America; vol. 19, no. 4, pgs. 517-700, $99.
Improvements in imaging technology have allowed for a shift in the approach to the radiological investigation of brain tumors from a strictly morphologic assessment to a more functional and physiological one. This issue of the Neuroimaging Clinics of North America is a well written and comprehensive book that covers several new MR physiologic-based methods and recent advances in PET molecular imaging that have the potential to improve tumor characterization, … Continue reading >>