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Case
Anterior shoulder fracture dislocation
Published
28 Dec 2020
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CT
MRI
Article
Labeled imaging anatomy cases
This article lists a series of labeled imaging anatomy cases by body region and modality.
Brain
CT head: non-contrast axial
CT head: non-contrast coronal
CT head: non-contrast sagittal
CT head: non-contrast axial with clinical questions
CT head: angiogram axial
CT head: angiogram coronal
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Question
Question 2233
Axial view of the left shoulder in an 11-year-old female with progressive pain. Which interpretation would be the most correct?
Article
Accessory nerve
The accessory nerve, also called the spinal accessory nerve, or historically, the nerve of Willis, is the eleventh cranial nerve (CN XI) and is composed of two parts, the cranial part and the spinal part (TA: nervus accessorius or nervus cranialis XI).
Connections and course
The cranial part (...
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Glasgow Coma Scale
The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) was developed in 1974 1 to describe the level of consciousness specifically in patients with head injury although it is now used widely as a shorthand for all manner of presentations and has generally been validated, although concerns remain about its use in certain ...
Article
Computer vision syndrome
Computer vision syndrome is a condition that affects primarily workers who use computers (including tablets and other devices with computer screens) many hours a day with symptoms that can include blurred vision, eye strain, and headache.
Epidemiology
Computer vision syndrome is a growing phen...
Article
Central cord syndrome
Central cord syndrome is the most common type of incomplete spinal cord syndrome, usually, the result of trauma, accounting for ~10% of all spinal cord injuries. As the name implies, this syndrome is the result of damage to the central portion spinal cord and in the setting of trauma most common...
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Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome
Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (nTOS) is the most common cause of thoracic outlet syndrome accounting for approximately 90% of cases. It is caused by compression of the brachial plexus as it passes between the scalenus muscles, over the first rib and posteroinferior to the clavicle before e...
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Decompression illness
Decompression illness (DCI) encompasses decompression sickness (DCS) and arterial gas embolism. The term decompression illness refers to inert bubble-induced dysbaric disease regardless of the location of the bubbles, which may be in the tissues or in the intravascular spaces. The bubbles arise ...
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Subiculum
The subiculum (plural: subicula) is located in the mesial temporal lobe and is a subdivision of the hippocampal formation, along with Ammon’s horn, the entorhinal cortex and the hippocampus proper. It is the predominant output source of the hippocampal formation.
Structure
The subiculum occup...
Article
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale
The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is a score calculated from 11 components and is used to quantify the severity of strokes. The 11 components are:
level of consciousness (1a: 0-3, 1b: 0-2 and 1c: 0-2)
best gaze (0-2)
visual fields (0-3)
facial palsy (0-3)
arm motor (0-...
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Birth trauma
Birth trauma (a.k.a. birth injury) relates to those conditions caused by both physical/mechanical and hypoxic injuries.
Epidemiology
Birth trauma occurs in ~5 per 1000 births 2.
Risk factors
asphyxia
breech presentation
shoulder dystocia
instrument delivery
macrosomia
obstructed labor
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Article
Chorea-acanthocytosis
Chorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc) is an autosomal recessive, progressive neurological disorder. It is the commonest of the four core neuroacanthocytosis syndromes (NAS). Symptomatology includes movement disorder, acanthocytosis, elevated creatinine kinase, and atrophy of the basal ganglia.
Epidemio...
Article
Rule of 4 of the brainstem
The rule of 4 of the brainstem elegantly simplifies and explains the anatomy of the brainstem and the basis for various brainstem stroke syndromes. This article summarizes the original four rules 1-3, associated important clinical deficits, important exceptions, and provides two examples of thei...
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Spontaneous intracranial hypotension
Intracranial hypotension, also known as craniospinal hypotension is a clinical entity that results from a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak that almost without exception occurs from the spine, either into the epidural space or directly into veins in the setting of CSF-venous fistulas. It usually, b...
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Skull (submentovertex view)
The skull submentovertex view is an angled inferosuperior radiograph of the base of skull. As this view involves radiographic positioning that is uncomfortable for the patient and with CT being more sensitive to bony detail, this view is rapidly becoming obsolete.
Indications
This view is usef...
Article
Brachial plexus injuries
Brachial plexus injuries are a spectrum of upper limb neurological deficits secondary to partial or complete injury to the brachial plexus, which provides the nerve supply of upper limb muscles.
Clinical presentation
Trauma, usually by motor vehicle accidents, involves severe traction on the ...
Case
Cerebellar, hippocampal, and basal nuclei transient edema with restricted diffusion (CHANTER) syndrome
Published
22 May 2022
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MRI
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Ponticulus posticus
Published
14 Jul 2020
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X-ray
Case
Brachial plexus injury with pseudomeningocoeles
Published
28 Jan 2024
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MRI
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