Posts Tagged ‘Head and Neck’

Educational presentation: CNS and head and neck teratomas

Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by Mauricio Castillo, Univ of North Carolina | 88 views

Teratomas (NXPowerLite)
Here is the next educational presentation. This was also done by some of my previous fellows.  The topic is a bit unusual, but I think that the presentation is very good and should help [...]

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Educational Presentation: Branchial Cleft Cysts

Posted on December 28th, 2009 by Mauricio Castillo, Univ of North Carolina | 369 views

Here is another educational presentation on a popular topic which may be confusing at times.  The presentation is courtesy of Dr. Chaky, one of our previous neuroradiology fellows.
Branchial Cleft Cysts (NXPowerLite)

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Aunt Mickey (they look the same until you undress them). Carotid-cavernous fistula or something else?

Posted on November 23rd, 2009 by Mauricio Castillo, Univ of North Carolina | 553 views

A middle age woman presented with left progressive proptosis.  A contrast enhanced CT was done and showed enlargement of the left superior ophthalmic vein on the axial plane (see below).  A coronal image confirmed this [...]

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The microcirculation in the “target node“ as outcome prognosticator: facts and implications

Posted on October 30th, 2009 by Sotirios Bisdas, Neuroradiology, University of Tuebingen | 340 views

In the recent paper of Kim et al. [1], the authors attempt for first time to examine the relationship between pharmacokinetic parameters, obtained by dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE)-MRI, of a metastatic target node and treatment outcome [...]

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ASHNR 2009 Gold Medal Recipient

Posted on October 20th, 2009 by Ken Cammarata, American Society of Neuroradiology | 376 views

For Immediate Release
October 19, 2009
American Society of Head and Neck Radiology
Presents Gold Medal to Hugh D. Curtin, M.D. during 43rd Annual Meeting
The American Society of Head and Neck Radiology (ASHNR) presented its 2009 Gold Medal [...]

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Propanolol as treatment for infantile hemangiomas

Posted on October 19th, 2009 by Mauricio Castillo, Univ of North Carolina | 473 views

Infantile Hemangioma Propanolol Treatment
You may have heard that Propanolol is currently being used as treatment for some infantile hemangiomas of both types (RICH and NICH).  In this presentation prepared for our weekly case conference by [...]

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educational presentation: congenital and acquired hearing loss.

Posted on September 27th, 2009 by Mauricio Castillo, Univ of North Carolina | 378 views

Imaging Cong & Acq Hearing Loss (FILEminimizer)
Here is another educational presentation.  It was shown at a previous ASNR meeting and authored by our Neuroradiology fellows of the time.  It deals with the imaging aspects of [...]

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Educational Presentation: Imaging Acute Facial Nerve Paralysis

Posted on August 7th, 2009 by Mauricio Castillo, Univ of North Carolina | 486 views

Facial Nerve Paralysis presentation (NXPowerLite)
With this post our readers will find a presentation (in Powerpoint format) that discusses the imaging findings of acute facial nerve paralysis.  This presentation was shown at a previous ASNR meeting [...]

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RE: DWI for head and neck lesions – acute ischemic optic neuropathy

Posted on February 10th, 2009 by Jenny Hoang, Duke University Medical Center | 853 views

Here’s another case for the value of DWI for head and neck lesions.
This patient had left central retinal artery occlusion and acute ischemic optic neuropathy. There is restricted diffusion in the anterior left optic nerve [...]

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