Fellows’ Journal Club Editor’s Comment This cohort study assesses outcomes in patients who underwent CT-guided aspiration and injection of sacral Tarlov cysts at Johns Hopkins Hospital from 2003–2013. A total of 289 cysts were treated in 213 consecutive patients, with
Click above to listen to the accompanying podcast (discussion of this article begins at 0:58). Alternatively, the player below provides the discussion of only this article. The purpose of this paper was to confirm prior findings in demonstrating imaging superiority of 0.1
Fellows’ Journal Club Editor’s Comment Fourteen patients with 15 saccular, nondissecting MCA bifurcation aneurysms were treated with flow-diverter stents and were retrospectively analyzed. Procedure-related morbidity and mortality at last follow-up were 21% and 0%, respectively. Complete occlusion was achieved in
Fellows’ Journal Club Editor’s Comment Carotid near-occlusion is distal luminal collapse of the internal carotid artery beyond a tight stenosis. Part 2 of this systematic review focuses on prognosis and treatment and pathophysiology. Areas of confusion regarding terminology, diagnosis, and
Fellows’ Journal Club Editor’s Comment Transmastoid sigmoid sinus wall reconstruction (SSWR) is a surgical technique used for the treatment of pulsatile tinnitus arising from sigmoid sinus wall anomalies. In 13 patients, CT and MR imaging examinations were assessed for the
Fellows’ Journal Club Editor’s Comment This study is a retrospective review of 103 pediatric patients who underwent initial head CT and subsequent follow-up rapid MR imaging between January 2010 and July 2013. Patients had minor head injuries that required imaging.
Fellows’ Journal Club Editor’s Comment Carotid near-occlusion is distal luminal collapse of the internal carotid artery beyond a tight stenosis. Calculating percentage stenosis for carotid near-occlusion is fallacious, and near-occlusion assessment is advised before measuring for percentage stenosis. This systematic
Fellows’ Journal Club Editor’s Comment In this study of 793 patients with 906 aneurysms, 20 (2.5%) had intraparenchymal hemorrhage. Nine patients with intraparenchymal hemorrhage (45.0%) died, 10 (50.0%) had major neurologic morbidity, and 1 (5.0%) had minor neurologic morbidity. Variables
Fellows’ Journal Club Editor’s Comment These authors retrospectively evaluated 12 patients with natalizumab–progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), 5 with PML from other causes, and 55 patients with MS without progressive PML for comparison. They observed T2* or SWI signal abnormalities at
Fellows’ Journal Club Editor’s Comment Patients with suspected idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) on the basis of the ventriculomegaly and a triad of symptoms underwent the CSF tap test. CSF volumes were extracted from a T2-weighted 3D spin-echo SPACE sequence
