Archive for the ‘Brain’ Category

1. Marawar S, Girardi FP et al.  National Trends in Anterior Cervical Fusion Procedures. Spine 2010;35:1454–1459. An 8-fold increase in prevalence and a similar increase in utilization of ACDF in the study population over a [...]

posted by Michael H. Lev and Max Wintermark Every year in the United States, more than three quarters of a million people have a stroke, and approximately every 3 minutes someone dies from a stroke. [...]

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is now a fairly well known syndrome. Leakage of CSF is considered the pathogenetic factor, even in cases in which it is not demonstrated. The loss of CSF volume explains the [...]

1. Samartzis D et al. Atlantoaxial Rotatory Fixation in the Setting of Associated Congenital Malformations. Spine 2010;35:E119–E127. New subtypes to the Fielding and Hawkins classification scheme for atlantoaxial rotatory fixation should exist to account for [...]

An 11-year-old  boy  was involved in a car accident and  presented in a semicomatous state. Clinically he was  diagnosed as having sustained a diffuse axonal injury and was treated conservatively. A brain MRI was performed  [...]

“Brain Tumor Imaging, Volume 1: Pretherapy” is the latest Special Collection from the American Journal of Neuroradiology. Distilling the best of the many articles related to brain tumor imaging that appear in the pages of [...]

1. I have read that it is OK to do the CT Perfusion study either before or after the CTA (AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2008 29: e23-e30). I have always done the CTA first, but [...]

73 year old lady presented with six weeks history of odd behavior, increasing apathy, expressive aphasia, and mild headache. An MRI including diffusion and perfusion imaging was obtained. MRI revealed a T1 hypointense (to cortex) [...]

1.  Focal cortical dysplasia type II: biological features and clinical perspectives. Lancet Neurol 2009; 8: 830–43 Very nice review article with histopathology, imaging and helpful graphics 2.  Neuro-Behçet’s disease: epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and management.  Lancet [...]

51 year old lady presented with headache and gait disturbances. An MRI including perfusion imaging was obtained. MRI revealed an extra-axial, dural based mass of the posterior fossa which was isointense to gray matter on [...]