Editor’s Choice Endovascular optical coherence tomography imaging was feasible in this preclinical animal study. Adoption of this imaging technique in the human cerebral venous sinus could aid in the diagnosis, treatment, and understanding of the pathophysiology of various diseases of
Mamourian A. Brain CT essentials. https://www.medmastery.com As part of the Medmastery catalog of online medical tutorials, Dr. Mamourian has developed excellent lectures on brain CT essentials, which require approximately 3 hours of viewing time and can be split into small
1. Maigne JY, Doursounian L, Jacquot F. Classification of fractures of the coccyx from a series of 104 patients. Eur Spine J 2020;29:2534–42. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-019-06188-7 The authors saw 1142 new consecutive patients presenting with acute or chronic coccydynia at
Fellows’ Journal Club Consecutive ischemic stroke and TIA admissions (COVID and non-COVID) to the authors’ hospital during a 10-week period from March 1 to May 10, 2020 were collected and compared with data from the same time period in 2019.
Editor’s Choice Patients who received IV iodinated contrast in proximity (<8 hours) to CTA/CTP as part of a separate imaging study had a much higher likelihood of core infarct underestimation with RAPID software compared with contrast-naive patients. Over-reliance on RAPID
Fellows’ Journal Club The authors describe 10 patients (16 years of age or older) with acute necrotizing encephalopathy. In their study, bilateral thalamic involvement with the trilaminar pattern of diffusion restriction on MR imaging was the predominant finding seen in
Editor’s Choice Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) assesses microstructural features of neurites contributing to diffusion imaging signals. Twenty-one subjects with MS underwent serial enhanced MRIs including NODDI, the key metrics of which are the neurite density and orientation
Fellows’ Journal Club Intradural AVF below the conus medullaris may develop either on the filum terminale or the cauda equina (lumbosacral and coccygeal radicular nerves). Only 3 detailed cauda equina AVFs have been reported in the literature. The authors present
Editor’s Choice The authors identified all fetal MR imaging performed at their institution during a 10-year period (n = 145) and assessed agreement between prenatal prognosis and postnatal outcome. Prenatal prognosis was determined by a pediatric neurologist who reviewed the
Fellows’ Journal Club Using prospectively acquired T2-relaxometry data from 606 intervertebral discs in 101 volunteers without back pain in a narrow age range (25–35 years), the authors calculated intra- and intersubject variation in T2 times of IVDs graded by 2
