Critical Findings in Neuroradiology by Renato Hoffmann Nunes, Ana Lorena Abello, Mauricio Castillo

By Renato Hoffmann Nunes, Ana Lorena Abello, Mauricio Castillo

This e-book offers transparent suggestions as to which neuroradiological findings in ailing or injured sufferers can be instantly communicated by means of radiologists and trainees to the emergency room and referring physicians which will facilitate key judgements and do away with preventable mistakes. It bargains a realistic and illustrative strategy that identifies what to appear for and the way to file it and describes the mandatory follow-up and the most typical differential diagnoses of the most severe findings in neuroradiology. The booklet is particular in being written from a “critical findings perspective”, which makes its content material more effective and remarkable than that of a regular Emergency Neuroradiology textbook. It additionally illustrates the price of constructing algorithmic methods to file and converse severe findings in accordance with lists. whereas the publication will attract a extensive and variable viewers, it's in particular addressed to radiology education courses and should be a “must learn” for citizens and fellows in training.

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Imaging of the intracranial vessels can be performed quickly and noninvasively by using computed tomography angiography (CTA) and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). There are several different MRA techniques that have been used for imaging intracranial vessels and the most used is time of flight (TOF). T. J. da Rocha 32 a b Fig. 2 Chronic infarction in the right MCA territory that suffered previous hemorrhagic transformation. (a) Coronal T2WI shows an area of encephalomalacia involv- stenosis and occlusions, CTA and MRA have a high sensitivity (97–100 %) and specificity (98– 100 %) for these purposes.

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These include diffuse dural thickening, engorgement of the dural sinuses, pituitary gland enlargement, and the absence of a lesion that produces the herniation [8]. In intracranial hypotension, symptoms are chronic, and in many patients, there is a history of lumbar puncture or surgery. Congenital tonsillar herniation associated with Chiari I malformation could be misdiagnosed for acute tonsillar herniation; however, Chiari I patients have chronic symptoms and the absence of mass effect. Tips • Look for midline shift, ventricle displacement, obliteration of basilar cisterns, or CSF spaces at the foramen magnum and effacement of sulci.

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