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Distraught parents bring their son to you. They tell you that he has been having weakness of his left hand since 1 year. With wasting. No sensory symptoms. They have been told, Motor Neurone Disease . You look at his hand and smile reassuringly. Why? 
First things first, the demographics don't fit ALS. He's a young boy. Secondly, The disease seems quite restricted. Third, no signs of upper motor neuron disease. Finally, this OBLIQUE AMYOTRPOHY is classical and clinches a diagnosis of HIRAYAMA DISEASE
#MedTwitter #NeuroTwitter
#MedTwitter #NeuroTwitter
Hirayama Disease typically affects young Asian males in their twenties. I have seen dozens of patients with Hirayama, never a girl (although case reports exist)
These boys tend to be lean and have long necks!
It is much more benign compared to ALS!
These boys tend to be lean and have long necks!
It is much more benign compared to ALS!
78 yr old with encephalopathy and seizure. MRI shows vasogenic edema within the left temporal and occipital white matter with subcortical extension. SWI shows characteristic lobar micro-hemorrhages predominantly in the effected regions.
#Neurology #neuroradiology #radres
#Neurology #neuroradiology #radres
Ddx:
PML
Inflammatory amyloid angiopathy
PRES
Amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA)
PML
Inflammatory amyloid angiopathy
PRES
Amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA)
Answer: Inflammatory amyloid angiopathy
This can be indistinguishable from amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA) seen in patients undergoing treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. Therapies include:
bapineuzumab, solanezumab and aducanumab
This can be indistinguishable from amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA) seen in patients undergoing treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. Therapies include:
bapineuzumab, solanezumab and aducanumab
HYPOTHALAMUS (HT)🧵-the control center of circadian rhythm, fatigue/wakefulness, hunger/satiety, sex drive, thirst/BP—and the command post for endocrine control via the HT-pituitary axis.
#meded #neuroradiology #neuroscience #radiology #neurology #neurosurgery #neuroanatomy
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#meded #neuroradiology #neuroscience #radiology #neurology #neurosurgery #neuroanatomy
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Quiz A: Histamine activity in the brain/brainstem contributes to alertness/wakefulness–hence: sleepy effects of benadryl. Histaminergic neurosecretory cell bodies are exclusively in the tuberomammillary nucleus of the TUBER CINEREUM (HT floor), with widespread projections.
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The HT is a mysterious and complex—I get confused sighs from medical students when the topic arises—the small almond-sized morsel is the control center for endocrine/hormone regulation, and homeostasis of food/water consumption, sleep, BP, sex/attachment. The HT is boss!
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60 yo with a history of headaches and seizures presented with new mental status change with the following images. Thoughts on imaging, necessary work-up, and etiology? #neurology #neurosurgery #neuroradiology #neuroscience
Neuro examination = disorientation, left facial droop sparing forehead, left hemiparesis, and kinetic tremor in arms.
Answer: Multiple calcifying pseudoneoplasms of the neuraxis (MCAPNON) from Neuropathology 2016
⭕️ Vascular supply /🧠 Regions
🚀The whole lineup (10x🧵)
via: @HBlumenfeld
(🔖NEUROANATOMY through Clinical Cases)
#MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter #neurotwitter #FOAMrad #NeuroTwitter #NeuroRad #neuroradiology #Neurology #Neurosurgery #radiology #stroke #neuroscience
🚀The whole lineup (10x🧵)
via: @HBlumenfeld
(🔖NEUROANATOMY through Clinical Cases)
#MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter #neurotwitter #FOAMrad #NeuroTwitter #NeuroRad #neuroradiology #Neurology #Neurosurgery #radiology #stroke #neuroscience
⭕️Circle of Willis 🐳🧠 - Main Branches
via: @HBlumenfeld
(🔖NEUROANATOMY through Clinical Cases)
#MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter #neurotwitter #FOAMrad #NeuroTwitter #NeuroRad #neuroradiology #Neurology #Neurosurgery #radiology #stroke #neuroscience
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via: @HBlumenfeld
(🔖NEUROANATOMY through Clinical Cases)
#MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter #neurotwitter #FOAMrad #NeuroTwitter #NeuroRad #neuroradiology #Neurology #Neurosurgery #radiology #stroke #neuroscience
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⭕️ ACA & PCA /🧠 - medial surface
via: @HBlumenfeld
(🔖NEUROANATOMY through Clinical Cases)
#MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter #neurotwitter #FOAMrad #NeuroTwitter #NeuroRad #neuroradiology #Neurology #Neurosurgery #radiology #stroke #neuroscience
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via: @HBlumenfeld
(🔖NEUROANATOMY through Clinical Cases)
#MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter #neurotwitter #FOAMrad #NeuroTwitter #NeuroRad #neuroradiology #Neurology #Neurosurgery #radiology #stroke #neuroscience
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SEMINAL ARTICLE re: #ICD11 Chapter 08 - Diseases of the #NervousSystem 🧠
Study Title: The #leptomeninges as a critical organ for normal #CNS development and function: first patient and public involved systematic review of #arachnoiditis (chronic #meningitis). @PLOSONE
Study Title: The #leptomeninges as a critical organ for normal #CNS development and function: first patient and public involved systematic review of #arachnoiditis (chronic #meningitis). @PLOSONE
LINK: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… @PLOSONE
Abbreviations:
#CES- #CaudaEquina Syndrome
#DLM – Diseases of the #Leptomeninges
#ESI- #Epidural Steroid Injection
LM - #Leptomeninges
#LMF- #Leptomeningeal #Fibrosis
#NAA- #neuraxialanesthesia
PSR- PRISMA Systematic Review
Abbreviations:
#CES- #CaudaEquina Syndrome
#DLM – Diseases of the #Leptomeninges
#ESI- #Epidural Steroid Injection
LM - #Leptomeninges
#LMF- #Leptomeningeal #Fibrosis
#NAA- #neuraxialanesthesia
PSR- PRISMA Systematic Review
#SAH- #Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
#SAS- #Subarachnoid Space
Key Findings:
1. A varyingly described, and poorly characterized #CNS disease called #arachnoiditis (aka #adhesivearachnoiditis) was exhaustively systematically-reviewed for the first time.
#SAS- #Subarachnoid Space
Key Findings:
1. A varyingly described, and poorly characterized #CNS disease called #arachnoiditis (aka #adhesivearachnoiditis) was exhaustively systematically-reviewed for the first time.
1/11 A few years ago, I took care of two young women (some details changed) with similar scans… a brief thread about how MRI can shape a Ddx… but first a poll: Which lesions can restrict diffusion?
2/ Yes… all of these lesions can restrict diffusion. For more info on restricted diffusion see tweets 9-18 in this wonderful tweetorial from @teachplaygrub:
3/So some brief history about the 2 pts. First patient presented to another hospital months ago with R-sided hemiparesis and dysarthria. CSF showed elevated protein but no pleocytosis. Treated several times with steroids with transient improvement but has clinically progressed.
And the road to @MICCAI_Society @MiccaiS #Singapore has started! Cannot wait to present #ImagineQuant @YaleRadiology #BrainLesWorkshop 20 hrs travel totally worth it 😅😎❤️ to learn from the best #MICCAI22. @ujjwalbaid0408 @SpyridonBakas
#BrainLesWorkshop @MICCAI_Society @MiccaiStudents @WomenInMICCAI #ClinicalTranslation of #ML, #PACS based ML, #Neuroradiology, #GBM, Asking questions that address #radiologists & #oncologists real clinical needs! 🎊🦄🎉 #Industry #Collab @MingDeLin1234 brainlesion-workshop.org
Goodbye #Newark #NYC, looking forward to #Tokyo in 12 hrs! Dreams do come true!!! #academiclife #neurorad Thinking of @hsairmd @sairaallapeikko @theASFNR #Maui just about now! Will have to finish that episode 13 soon! @MICCAI_Society @MiccaiStudents @WomenInMICCAI #ImagineQuant
Dear #hr in #niin #ksom #usc, I know you are busy,but could you spend 8 mins on my emails pls? I sent 6 emails from April to June, and called you every day this week, but I didn’t get any reply. #neuroscience EAD will be expired at 07/10😩@USC @KeckMedUSC @KECKSchool_USC @USCNIIN
Thanks,friends in #twitter in #niin,#ksom, #usc, in #neuroscience, #neuroimaging, #neuroradiology. I really appreciate your support. I got the email this afternoon. It’s my fault. Even leave, leave with pride, grace, and gratitude, no regret. The 4 yrs will be the best memory in
my life, although it is also the hardest 4 yrs. Hope other colleagues could take my lessons, and prepare everything earlier in the future.
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Everyone loves those pretty colored fMRI pictures with the blobs. But what do they mean? How do they make them?
A #tweetorial called “F— that: Understanding fMRI”. #FOAMed #medtwitter #Medstudenttwitter #neurotwitter #FOAMrad #neuroradiology #radiology
Everyone loves those pretty colored fMRI pictures with the blobs. But what do they mean? How do they make them?
A #tweetorial called “F— that: Understanding fMRI”. #FOAMed #medtwitter #Medstudenttwitter #neurotwitter #FOAMrad #neuroradiology #radiology
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fMRI is based on a principle called “neurovascular coupling.” This is the principle if there is increased neuronal activity in a region, there will be increased blood flow to that region to meet the increased demand
fMRI is based on a principle called “neurovascular coupling.” This is the principle if there is increased neuronal activity in a region, there will be increased blood flow to that region to meet the increased demand
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Think of it like a baby crying because it is hungry—parents immediately rush to feed it. The increased oxygen demand of the neurons immediately brings increased fuel to feed it.
Think of it like a baby crying because it is hungry—parents immediately rush to feed it. The increased oxygen demand of the neurons immediately brings increased fuel to feed it.
re: ICH Prevention in People w ⬆️Risk MRI findings in @American_Heart updated 2022 ICH guidelines🧠🩸
📌 Refers to incidentally found MRI markers of small vessel disease (SVD) - a common question
Prompted by @interneurona unpacking below (short 🪀)
📌 Refers to incidentally found MRI markers of small vessel disease (SVD) - a common question
Prompted by @interneurona unpacking below (short 🪀)
For context:
🚫MRI is not routinely done for risk stratification of first-ever spontaneous ICH risk
🔮MRI is occasionally available in certain people/pts w/o ICH: may show SVD markers concerning for future ICH risk
〽️These markers are: microbleeds, superficial siderosis
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🚫MRI is not routinely done for risk stratification of first-ever spontaneous ICH risk
🔮MRI is occasionally available in certain people/pts w/o ICH: may show SVD markers concerning for future ICH risk
〽️These markers are: microbleeds, superficial siderosis
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The populations that this might be relevant to are:
- healthy elderly
- ischemic stroke
- memory clinic
- any pt who got a brain MRI for a different indication (e.g. migraines)
- non-ICH cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA)
#neuroradiology #Alzheimers #stroke
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- healthy elderly
- ischemic stroke
- memory clinic
- any pt who got a brain MRI for a different indication (e.g. migraines)
- non-ICH cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA)
#neuroradiology #Alzheimers #stroke
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Kicking off “Spine: Disc & Vertebra” at #SNRXXII/#ASNR22
Diana Gomez-Hassan, John Carrino, & @lubdha_shah.
@TheASNR @WorldFNRS
Diana Gomez-Hassan, John Carrino, & @lubdha_shah.
@TheASNR @WorldFNRS
Dr. Walter Bartinski on “Discography: To Be or Not To Be” at #SNRXXII/#ASNR22. Poetic #spine #radiology from experienced #NeuroRad faculty!
Dr. Alessandra Splendiani discusses “Non-anatomic: Functional Dynamic Evaluation of Degenerative Spine Disease” at #SNRXXII/#ASNR22. This hybrid meeting has some great #spine #radiology virtual talks, also available on-demand!
#NeuroRad
#NeuroRad
CCA - differentiation of reactive lesions from progressive ones following cranial radiotherapy - a thread 1/n
➡️ primary & secondary brain tumors (glioblastoma/brain mets)
➡️ after high dose radiotherapy
➡️ N=33, prospective confirmatory study
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S20…
➡️ primary & secondary brain tumors (glioblastoma/brain mets)
➡️ after high dose radiotherapy
➡️ N=33, prospective confirmatory study
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S20…
➡️unclear findings on conventional MRI (psPD/RN vs PD)
➡️contrast clearance analysis with 1 h delayed CE MRI, images were substracted from each other
➡️ histopath confirmation
➡️ overall accuracy very high (84%)
➡️ subgroup of secondary tumors with high benefit (accuracy 94%!)
➡️contrast clearance analysis with 1 h delayed CE MRI, images were substracted from each other
➡️ histopath confirmation
➡️ overall accuracy very high (84%)
➡️ subgroup of secondary tumors with high benefit (accuracy 94%!)
Therefore a potential new standard? Amino acid PET in a smaller subgroup did not outperform CCA @galldiks , perfusion/DWI more prone to institutional deviations/less potential to be standardized? @gminniti2012
#NeurologyMorningReport Case 8 #MedTwitter Updates & Answers posted later today. Asking your help #MedEd #neurology #neurologyresident Join me in educating. Share your questions and knowledge.
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69 yo woman admitted for work-up of worsening cognition and gait over past 8 months-
8 m ago: some mild forgetfulness 8 m ago
5 m ago: episode of confusion and hallucinations (+UTI and B12 300) improved but not completely
Started donepezil
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8 m ago: some mild forgetfulness 8 m ago
5 m ago: episode of confusion and hallucinations (+UTI and B12 300) improved but not completely
Started donepezil
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1m ago confusion worsened, lang probs, gait unsteadiness, BUE tremor. Family noted she seemed to be acting out her dreams.
PMH: HTN, HL, h/o breast cancer, h/o lymphoma
FH: Brother had memory problems.
What would you be looking for on examination?
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PMH: HTN, HL, h/o breast cancer, h/o lymphoma
FH: Brother had memory problems.
What would you be looking for on examination?
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