Fellows’ Journal Club March 2015 (2 of 3) The authors reviewed 25 developmental venous anomalies imaged with MRI and FDG-PET. Metabolic abnormalities were found in 76%, most commonly adjacent brain hypometabolism. These findings were predominantly seen in older individuals.
Editor’s Choice March 2015 (2 of 3) More than 200 patients with MCA +/- ICA occlusions who successfully reperfused with endovascular techniques were assessed. The probability of good outcome was not significantly influenced by onset-to-reperfusion and puncture-to-reperfusion periods in patients
Editor’s Choice March 2015 (1 of 3) A series of 55 patients with essential tremor and an equal number of age-matched controls were assessed clinically and by DTI. Alterations in executive and visual spatial functions correlated with DTI measures suggesting
Editor’s Choice February 2015 (2 of 3) FLAIR images from over 140 patients with acute MCA infarctions were analyzed and compared with images used to estimate the ischemic penumbra. A FLAIR-DWI mismatch was seen in 72% of patients and the
Fellows’ Journal Club February 2015 (1 of 3) Different methods of assessing collateral circulation based on CTA were compared in 200 patients with stroke. Only the Miteff scoring system was reliable for predicting favorable outcome in these patients but poor
Fellows’ Journal Club January 2015 (2 of 3) Using CT or DWI, the authors categorized percentages of insular ribbon infarctions as less or more than 50% and correlated these with clinical outcomes. Only insular ribbon involvement greater than 50% and
Editor’s Choice January 2015 (2 of 2) Brain tumor location has prognostic implications so these authors explored whether location also correlated with p53 status in 182 patients. Tumors occurring in the left medial temporal and right anterior temporal lobes were
Editor’s Choice January 2015 (1 of 2) Because codeine is a popular drug and results in cognitive deficits, the authors assessed 30 chronic users and 30 controls with DTI. Chronic codeine users showed lower fractional anisotropy in 4 brain regions
Fellows’ Journal Club October 2014 (1 of 3) The authors assessed patterns of skull fractures that could play a role in the development of delayed epidural hematoma. All patients who developed a delayed epidural hematoma had a contralateral calvarial fracture
Fellows’ Journal Club September 2014 (2 of 3) Imaging findings in 45 patients with eclampticposterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome were assessed. The most common affected areas were the occipital, parietal, frontal, and temporal lobes. Serum creatinine, uric acid, and lactate dehydrogenase
