Articles Tagged With: MRI
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Post-Surgical Seizure Outcomes in MRI-Positive Focal Cortical Dysplasia
This comprehensive meta-analysis of the surgical outcomes for drug-resistant epilepsy caused by focal cortical dysplasia demonstrated an excellent result with post-surgical freedom from seizures in 70% of patients followed for more than 24 months.
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Acute Muscle Weakness in Children: Acute Flaccid Myelitis or Guillain-Barré Syndrome?
Compared to children with Guillain-Barré syndrome, children with acute flaccid myelitis have a more rapid presentation to nadir of weakness, fewer sensory abnormalities, and an inflammatory spinal fluid early in the course.
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Intracranial Plaque Rupture and Stroke
An MRI study of cerebral circulation in patients with embolic stroke of undetermined etiology showed evidence of atherosclerotic plaque in most patients.
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Intracranial Plaque Rupture and Stroke
An MRI study of cerebral circulation in patients with embolic stroke of undetermined etiology showed evidence of atherosclerotic plaque in most patients, supporting the theory that unstable intracranial artery plaques play an etiologic role in embolic stroke.
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What Causes MINOCA?
A systematic imaging protocol of coronary angiography, optical coherence tomography, and cardiac MRI in women clinically diagnosed with myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary artery disease revealed a cause in 84%, with three-quarters exhibiting an ischemic etiology.
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Bull’s-eye Sign in Parsonage-Turner Syndrome
High-resolution MRI of peripheral nerves can help make an accurate diagnosis of the Parsonage-Turner syndrome by revealing a bull’s-eye sign in cross-sectional images of the nerve.
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Is Early MRI Warranted for Back Pain in the Elderly?
In an analysis of a large dataset from several large integrated health care systems of patients older than 65 years of age with new-onset low back pain, early spine imaging did not alter management or outcomes, but added considerable cost to their care.
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Relationship Between Brain MRI Biomarkers and Cognition
In a prospective, longitudinal, cohort study of an asymptomatic, multi-ethnic Dallas community, brain MRI biomarkers measuring volume were associated with cognitive functions, as measured by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.
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Replacing the Wada Test: Is Functional MRI Up to the Task?
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Anterior Horn Meniscal Tears — Fact or Fiction