Archive for the ‘Brain’ Category
Posted on February 8th, 2010 by Jeffrey Ross, Barrow Neurological Institute | 135 views
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 Neurol 2009; [...]
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Posted on January 15th, 2010 by Asim Bag, UAB, Birmingham, AL | 287 views
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 [...]
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Posted on October 7th, 2009 by Mauricio Castillo, Univ of North Carolina | 610 views
A young man presented with ataxia. Brain contrast enhanced MRI was done including DWI and perfusion. T2WI showed a mixed intensity lesion in the inferior right cerebellar hemisphere which contained some “dark stripes”. DWI ADC [...]
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Posted on July 27th, 2009 by Akash Garg, University of North Carolina | 698 views
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 [...]
Tags: ALS perfusion Perfusion MR
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Posted on July 26th, 2009 by Alfonso CERASE, Unit of Neuroimaging and Neurointervention, Department of Neurosciences Az. Osp. Univ. Senese, Policlinico "Santa Maria alle Scotte", Siena, Italy | 881 views
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 [...]
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Posted on July 19th, 2009 by Erin Schwartz, CHOP/Penn Medicine | 786 views
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 [...]
Tags: neuro mri protocols orbit techniques CT and MR
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Posted on July 14th, 2009 by Robert Quencer, University of Miami | 732 views
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 [...]
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Posted on July 2nd, 2009 by Paul Hofman, Maastricht University Medical Center | 617 views
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 [...]
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Posted on June 17th, 2009 by merita bania, tbh | 714 views
Does anyone know what this mass could be? It was biopsied 2 years ago and pathology reported it as “normal brain tissue”.
As you can see, the lesion is hyperintense on T2, hypointense on T1 and [...]
Tags: Brain Parotid Neoplasms; Magnetic Resonance (MR)
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Posted on June 9th, 2009 by Marcela Posada, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | 958 views
7-yo African-American male with seizures. No fever.
Initial CT scan and labs: normal.
EEG: diffuse slowing over the left cerebral hemisphere.
Brain Biopsy (left temporal lobe): Focal necrosis, dystrophic calcification, chronic inflammation, and microglial activation (the latter suggested [...]
Tags: autoimmune
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