Fellows’ Journal Club The authors assessed regional CBF in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus compared with healthy controls using the noninvasive quantitative arterial spin-labeling MR imaging technique. Twenty-one consecutive patients with NPH and 21 age- and sex-matched randomly selected
Fellows’ Journal Club Sixty patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus underwent presurgical brain MR imaging and clinical evaluation before and 1 year after shunt surgery. The authors assessed the MR imaging features including Evans index, high-convexity tightness, Sylvian fissure dilation,
Fellows’ Journal Club The authors describe a Lean Six Sigma project with the goal of reducing the relative use of pediatric head CTs in their population of patients with hydrocephalus by 50% within 6 months. The existing baseline imaging practice
Fritsch MJ, Kehler U, Meier U. Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. 1st ed. Thieme; 2014; 204 pp; 435 ill; $149.99 As a reversible and underdiagnosed brain disorder, normal pressure hydrocephalous (NPH) deserves greater awareness and recognition among the various medical disciplines that care
Fellows’ Journal Club December 2014 (2 of 3) MRI studies in 108 patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension were reviewed. Findings that aided in the selection of candidates for shunt placement and predicted a positive postsurgical outcome included a small callosal
Published ahead of print on November 26, 2009 doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A1943 American Journal of Neuroradiology 31:E26-E27, February 2010 © 2010 American Society of Neuroradiology O. Algina aDepartment of Radiology Uludag University Medical Faculty Gorukle, Bursa, Turkey I read with great interest the
Aunt Mickeys are alternative diagnoses for “Aunt Minnies”. They represent less common diagnoses, and emphasize the importance of clinical history. This submission is a 23 year old male patient who became lethargic and somnolent after playing soccer. On physical exam
