Main description:

This book presents a wide-ranging series of illustrative clinical cases that cover the main pathologies and areas of interest in diagnostic and therapeutic neuroradiology. The aim is to enable the reader to learn important lessons from real cases that exemplify the caseload and capabilities of a large, modern neuroradiology department. The cases are presented in a quiz format. For each one, the first page documents clinical and imaging findings, followed by questions concerning these findings, differential diagnosis, and other aspects. On the second page, the answers are provided, with concise explanation and discussion. Attention is also drawn to the relevant available literature. Most of the cases derive from the Department of Neuroradiology at the University Hospital Center of Porto (Portugal), which is staffed by a large multidisciplinary team providing cutting-edge services. In addition, some cases from other centers have been included to ensure wider representation of experience. The book will be of particular value for residents and fellows in neuroradiology, radiology, neurology, and neurosurgery.

Contents:

* Acute calcified longus colli tendinitis

* Acute ischemic stroke in patient with hereditary hemorrhagic

telangiectasia (HHT) and a pulmonary AVM

* Acute ischemic stroke of the le internal carotid artery (ICA) territory secondary to cervical ICA dissection and thromboembolic MCA tandem occlusion

* Acute necrotizing encephalitis (ANE) caused by H1N1

* Apert Syndrome (AS)

* Arteriovenous dural fistula of the filum terminale

* Bilateral carotid artery dissection a er near-hanging

* Bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria

* Cavernous sinus meningioma with symptomatic ICA stenosis

* Cerebral Aspergillosis

* Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO)

* CMV infection

* Congenital factor XIII deficiency

* Craniopharyngeal canal

* Cysticercosis of extraocular muscle and brain

* Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma

* Early-onset Alzheimer disease

* Enterovirus 71 encephalitis

* Epidural Empyema

* Essential tremor

* Fenestral and cochlear otosclerosis

* Fetal Goiter

* Fibromatosis Colli

* Hepatic Encephalopathy

* Horizontal gaze palsy with progressive scoliosis (HGPPS)

* Hydrocephalus, missing septum pellucidum (SP), schizencephaly

* and pathological signals of the placenta

* Hypoglycaemic encephalopathy

* Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

* Incontinentia pigmenti (IP)

* Intraosseous pseudomeningocele

* Laminolysis

* Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)

* Lingual haemangioma,

* Lyme neuroborreliosis

* Major -Thalassemia related Hemochromatosis

* Methanol intoxication

* Middle Ear Squamous Cell Carcinoma

* Motor neuron disease - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

* Multilevel disc degenerative disease

* Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA)

* Neurodegenerative Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

* Opalski syndrome

* Osmotic pontine and extrapontine demyelination

* Parathyroid Adenoma

* Persistent stapedial artery

* Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System

* Primary central nervous system (CNS) amelanotic melanoma

* Primary hypoparathyroidism

* Primary intracranial solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma

* Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopthy (PML)

* Pseudopathologic Brain Parenchymal Enhancement

* Pseudoprogression tumoral

* Pulmonary tuberculosis with extrapulmonary involvement (CNS, musculoskeletal and genitourinary)

* Retinoblastoma

* Rheumatoid meningitis

* Right vertebral dissecting aneurysm

* Saethre-Chotzen Syndrome

* Severe anemia

* Severe hypoxic-ischemic injury

* Skull base osteomyelitis

* Spinal arteriovenous dural fistula

* Spinal cord arteriovenous malformation

* Sturge-Weber syndrome with polymicrogyria

* Subacute carbon monoxide poisoning secondary to suicide attempt

* Tentorial dural fistula

* Textiloma, foreign-body granuloma

* Tumefactive MS

* Vanishing white matter disease

* Wallerian degeneration of corticospinal tract

* Wernicke's Encephalopathy