Items tagged “neuroimaging”

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Cerebral vasospasm following subarachnoid haemorrhage

Cerebral vasospasm following subarachnoid haemorrhage is a major complication of subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). It is overtaking rebleed as the major cause of mortality and morbidity in the subgroup of patients with SAH who reach the hospital and receive medical care. It usually occurs after a ...
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Methanol poisoning

Methanol poisoning is a cause of an acute toxic leukoencephalopathy that also has eventual chronic sequelae.  Epidemiology Methanol is found in a variety of consumer products including perfumes, model aircraft and car fuels, windshield washing solutions, carburator cleaners, solid cooking fuel...
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Transcranial Doppler sonography (ultrasound)

Transcranial​ ​Doppler​ ​(TCD)​, also known as transcranial colour-coded duplex sonography (TCCS) is a sonographic study of intracranial structures and blood vessels, used most commonly to identify the haemodynamic state present in the vertebrobasilar circulation and the circle of Willis.  Term...
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

  Diagnosis almost certain
Francesco Buemi
Published 22 Oct 2021
77% complete
MRI
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Sacral insufficiency fracture

  Diagnosis almost certain
Caleb McKinney
Published 01 Mar 2022
80% complete
MRI
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Bridging vein thrombosis

Bridging vein thrombosis describes thrombosis of the fragile bridging veins that cross the subarachnoid and subdural spaces. The presence of bridging vein thrombosis on imaging has a strong association with non-accidental injury and can hint towards a traumatic aetiology behind subdural haematom...

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