Fellows’ Journal Club March 2014 (2 of 3) The safety of 2 devices to treat acute ischemic stroke was evaluated in 144 patients with special attention paid to complications such as cerebral hemorrhage, SAH, air emboli, vessel dissections, major groin
Fellows’ Journal Club March 2014 (1 of 3) These investigators evaluated the test characteristics of CTP in patients with SAH for detection of delayed cerebral ischemia. Ninety-seven patients were assessed with CTP for ischemia and with DSA for vasospasm. The
Fellows’ Journal Club February 2014 (3 of 3) ASL was used to evaluate 54 children with recently diagnosed brain tumors using a pseudocontinuous technique and blood flow was calculated for all masses. Blood flow was higher in grade 3 and
Fellows’ Journal Club February 2014 (2 of 3) Fifteen patients with unusual dilated perivascular spaces in the subcortical white matter of the anterior superior temporal gyrus were presented. In one, pathology showed gliosis and innumerable perivascular spaces. Findings that suggest
Fellows’ Journal Club February 2014 (1 of 3) The utility of MRS in differentiating lymphoma from tumefactive demyelination was assessed in 44 patients with the former and 21 with the latter. A Cho/Cr over 2.58 and a high lipid/lactate peak
Fellows’ Journal Club January 2014 (3 of 3) Voltage-gated potassium channel complex encephalitis is a common form of autoimmune encephalitis presenting with intractable seizures that may respond to immunotherapy. These authors reviewed the imaging findings in 42 such patients and
Fellows’ Journal Club January 2014 (2 of 3) This report explores the idea that articles containing imaging descriptions of uncommon diseases more commonly appear in clinical than in imaging journals. Using PubMed, the authors searched for articles on 5 uncommon
Fellows’ Journal Club January 2014 (1 of 3) The authors used DTI to study posttraumatic white matter changes over a 5-year period. Thirteen patients with severe injuries acutely showed significant fractional anisotropy decreases in the corpus callosum and corona radiata
Fellows’ Journal Club December 2013 (3 of 3) DWI studies of 96 cerebellar pediatric tumors were analyzed by neuroradiologists and residents in radiology during 2 sessions, one that included the DWI studies and one that did not. These observers were
Fellows’ Journal Club December 2013 (2 of 3) Results from a single center treating 20 patients with distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysms were analyzed and compared with those reported in a meta-analysis of 16 studies in the literature that included
