Items tagged “neuroradiology”
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Dorsal dermal sinus and diastematomyelia
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10 Nov 2009
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Diastematomyelia
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10 Nov 2009
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Neural tube defects
Neural tube defect (NTD) refers to the incomplete closure of the neural tube in very early pregnancy, resulting in cranial defects or spinal dysraphism.
The neural tube comprises a bundle of nerve sheath which closes to form brain caudally and spinal cord rostrally. The closure should occur at ...
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Achondroplastic base of skull abnormalities
Achondroplasia is the most common cause of short-limb dwarfism. For a general discussion, see the generic article on achondroplasia.
As the skull base forms by endochondral ossification whereas the skull vault by membranous ossification, there is a marked discrepancy in relative size as the sku...
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Caudal regression syndrome
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19 Jan 2010
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von Hippel Lindau
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24 Jan 2010
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DSA (angiography)
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Congenital heart disease chest x-ray (an approach)
With the advent of echocardiography, and cardiac CT and MRI, the role of chest x-rays in evaluating congenital heart disease has been largely relegated to one of historical and academic interest. However, they continue to crop up in radiology exams. In most instances a definite diagnosis cannot ...
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis (skeletal manifestations)
The skeleton is the most commonly involved organ system in Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) and is by far the most common location for single-lesion LCH, often referred to as eosinophilic granuloma (EG) (the terms are used interchangeably in this article). For a general discussion of this dis...
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Multiple sclerosis
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21 Feb 2010
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Neurofibromatosis type 2
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24 Feb 2010
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Lipoma of the filum terminale
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08 Mar 2010
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Chest curriculum
The chest curriculum is one of our curriculum articles and aims to be a collection of articles that represent the core chest knowledge.
Definition
Topics pertaining to the lungs, mediastinum, and pleura, but excluding the skeletal structures (see musculoskeletal curriculum), heart (see cardiac...
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Neurofibromatosis type 1
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20 Mar 2010
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Syndrome of multiple intracranial schwannomas, meningiomas and ependymomas (MISME)
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24 Mar 2010
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Diastematomyelia
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24 Apr 2010
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Multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma (MM), also known as plasma cell myeloma, is a multifocal proliferation of plasma cells based in the bone marrow. It is the most common primary malignant bone neoplasm in adults. It arises from red marrow due to the monoclonal proliferation of plasma cells and manifests in a wide...
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Ganglioneuroma
Ganglioneuromas are fully differentiated neuronal tumors that do not contain immature elements and potentially occur anywhere along with the peripheral autonomic ganglion sites.
On imaging, usually, they present as well-defined solid masses and can be quite large at presentation. Generally, th...
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Classification of spinal meningeal cysts
Spinal meningeal cysts can be classified according to a system published by Nabor et al. 2:
type I: extradural meningeal cyst without neural tissue
type Ia: extradural spinal arachnoid cyst
type Ib: sacral meningocele
type II: extradural meningeal cyst containing neural tissue, e.g. Tarlov c...
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Large disc extrusion with postoperative pseudomeningocoele
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11 May 2010
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Spinal cord metastasis
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23 May 2010
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