Archive for the ‘Spine’ Category
Posted on August 19th, 2010 by Jeffrey Ross, Barrow Neurological Institute | 53 views
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 [...]
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Posted on August 12th, 2010 by Mauricio Castillo, Univ of North Carolina | 97 views
For some reason, lately we have gotten several requests to perform flexion MRI studies of the cervical spine to rule out Hirayama disease. Here is a short presentation that one of our fellows, Dr. Janica [...]
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Posted on May 19th, 2010 by Jeffrey Ross, Barrow Neurological Institute | 231 views
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 [...]
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Posted on February 8th, 2010 by Jeffrey Ross, Barrow Neurological Institute | 402 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 [...]
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Posted on November 16th, 2009 by Mauricio Castillo, Univ of North Carolina | 598 views
SCD Here is a short and concise presentation on the etiology, imaging findings and treatment for subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord. It was prepared by one of our neuroradiology fellows, Dr. Ali Nasim, [...]
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Posted on October 12th, 2009 by Jenny Hoang, Duke University Medical Center | 778 views
I have three questions for radiologists who perform spinal injections for pain management. 1. How many people regularly do cervical nerve root blocks? 2. Are you using CT or conventional fluoro? 3. If you are [...]
Tags: cervical spine nerve root block CT guided injection intervention pain management
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Posted on October 1st, 2009 by Mauricio Castillo, Univ of North Carolina | 650 views
The recent publication of two prospective, randomized vertebroplasty trials in the New England Journal of Medicine has garnered lively debate about the benefits of this procedure. The American Journal of Neuroradiology’s latest Special Collection “Percutaneous [...]
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Posted on September 3rd, 2009 by Mauricio Castillo, Univ of North Carolina | 1,271 views
This young male presented with chronic but progressive low back pain and lower extremity weakness. MR imaging of the lumbar spine with contrast showed a lesion, intradural/extramedullary, extending from T12 to L4. The lesion “expanded” [...]
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Posted on June 17th, 2009 by merita bania, tbh | 1,123 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 [...]
Tags: Brain Parotid Neoplasms; Magnetic Resonance (MR)
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Posted on June 5th, 2009 by Kenneth Curtin, Epic Imaging, Portland Oregon | 971 views
I am looking for any advice and assistance in the diagnosis minimally tethered cord. That is to say the conus is normally positioned but the cord is the tethered and the patient is symptomatic. One [...]
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