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Spinal Cord Herniation • 10,146 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 • 7,715 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? • 6,341 views
[caption id="attachment_602" align="aligncenter" width="407" caption="Sag T1. Tonsils are not particularly low and no sagging of the base of the brain."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_603" alig...
Cervical Spine Nomenclature • 5,060 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...
Brachial Plexus MRI Protocol • 4,646 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...
Intracranial Hypotension: Advice on Best Treatment • 4,485 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 • 4,180 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 ...
Aunt Mickey (They Look the Same until You Undress Them). Internal Capsule Infarct or Something Else? • 3,892 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...
Liver Hemangiomas and Vascular Lesions of the Brain • 3,871 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?
More on DWI of Head and Neck Lesions • 3,870 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...
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18th Annual Blood-Brain Barrier Consortium Meeting
18th Annual Blood-Brain Barrier Consortium Meeting
March 22-24, 2012
Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, Washington
The 2012 Annual Blood-Brain Barrier Consortium meeting will be held March 22-24, at Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, Washington. The meeting will focus on preclinical and clinical aspects of CNS imaging and the blood-brain barrier. The meeting is partially funded by a National Institutes of Health R13 meeting grant, with support from the National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders, and is organized in collaboration with the International Brain Barriers Society.
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Reducing the Risk of Spinal Cord Infarction during Transforaminal Steroid Injections
Published ahead of print on November 19, 2009
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A1951
American Journal of Neuroradiology 31:E32, March 2010
© 2010 American Society of Neuroradiology
P.J. MacMahona, I. Crosbiea and E.C. Kavanagha
aDepartment of Radiology Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin, Ireland
We read with great interest the recent report by Lyders and Morris1 of their case of spinal cord infarction following lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injection. We would like to highlight the fact that not all corticosteroid preparations are associated with the same risk of embolization.2 There are 4 types of corticosteroid preparations commonly administered in clinical practice: … Continue reading >>
Search for CNS’s Drug-Induced Changes
I’m very interested in different cases of CNS changes induced by any kind of recreational drug. Please, If you are also interested, contact me.… Continue reading >>