The Teaching Files Brain and Spine

by Fatterpekar, Girish M., M.D.; Naidich, Thomas P., M.D.; Som, Peter M., M.D.

• ISBN13: 9781416056201
• ISBN10: 1416056203
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-12-19
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science

Summary

Practical and clinically focused, Brain and Spine Imaging - a title in the Teaching Files Series - provides you with over 300 interesting and well-presented cases to help you better diagnose any disease of the brain and spine. Expert in the field, Dr. Girish Fatterpekar, MD uses a logical organization throughout, making referencing difficult diagnoses easier than ever before. Detailed discussions of today's modalities and technologies keep you up to date, and challenging diagnostic questions probe your knowledge of the material. This unique, case-based resource offers you an ideal way to sharpen your diagnostic skills and study for board exams. And, with Expert Consult functionality, you'll have convenient access to the full text online, all of the book's illustrations, additional cases and images, and links to PubMed at expertconsult.com. Get expert, practical guidance from over 300 cases, and brief but thorough descriptions of findings that help you make review easier than ever before. Conveniently reference the full text anytime, anywhere online at expertconsult.com, including all of the book's illustrations and links to Medline. Test your knowledge by turning image labels on and off. Stay current with the most up-to-date radiologic modalities and technologies. Provides brief but thorough descriptions of findings putting the information you need at your fingertips. Expand your knowledge with references to the most important sources on specific topics of interest. Find key information quickly and easily thanks to consistently formatted chapters that include Demographics/Clinical History; Findings; Discussion; Characteristic/Clinical Features; Radiologic Findings; Primary Differential Diagnosis; and Suggested Readings. See how to resolve challenging diagnostic questions by reviewing discussions of similar cases. Hone your skills, brush up on difficult diagnoses, and prepare for board exams with this essential case-based reference.

Table of Contents

Brain

Disorders of Brain Development

Disorders of Neural Tube Closure and Diverticulation

Anencephaly

Cephalocele

Atretic Cephalocele

Holoprosencephaly

Disorders of Corpus Callosum and Septum Pellucidum

Agenesis of Corpus Callosum

Septo-optic Dysplasia

Cavum Septi Pellucidi and Cavum Vergae

Disorders of Neuronal Migration

Lissencephaly

Polymicrogyria

Gray Matter Heterotopia

Schizencephaly

Chiari Malformation

Chiari I Malformation

Chiari II Malformation

Disorders of the Posterior Fossa

Rhombencephalosynapsis

Joubert Malformation

Dandy-Walker Malformation

Mega Cisterna Magna

Disorders of the Pituitary Gland

Pituitary Aplasia

Pituitary Duplication

Posterior Pituitary Ectopia

Miscellaneous Disorders

Persistent Open Anterior Fontanelle

Porencephaly

Hydranencephaly

Optic Nerve Hypoplasia

Disorders of the Perinatal Period

Cephalhematoma

Caput Succedaneum and Germinal Matrix Hemorrhage

Periventricular Leukomalacia

Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy

Kernicterus

TORCH infections

Metabolic and Neurodegenerative Diseases of Childhood

Gray Matter Disorders

Hallervorden-Spatz Disease

Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy

White Matter Disorders

Alexander's Disease

Canavan Disease

Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease

Inborn Errors of Intermediary Metabolism

Propionic Acidemia

Glutaric Aciduria Type 1

Lysosomal Diseases

Fabry Disease

Metachromatic Leukodystrophy

Krabbe Disease

Mucopolysaccharidoses

Mitochondrial Diseases & Peroxisomal Diseases

Kearns-Sayre Syndrome

MELAS

Leigh Syndrome

Classic X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy

Phakomatoses/Neurocutaneous syndromes

Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Neurofibromatosis Type 2

Tuberous Sclerosis

Sturge-Weber Syndrome

Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome

Ataxia Telangiectasia

Neurocutaneous Melanosis

Seizures

Mesial Temporal Sclerosis

Hemimegalencephaly

Focal Cortical Dysplasia of Taylor

Epileptogenic Focus

Status Epilepticus

Intracranial Trauma

Non-accidental Trauma

Depressed Skull Fracture

Growing Skull Fracture

Pneumolabyrinth Secondary to Trauma

Epidural Hematoma

Subdural Hematoma

Contusion

Coup-contre-coup Injuries

Diffuse Axonal Injury

Intracranial Vascular Malformations: Congenital and Acquired

Arterial malformations

Carotid Agenesis

Persistent Trigeminal Artery

Familial Intracranial Aneurysm

Saccular Aneurysm

Mycotic Aneurysm

Dolichoectasia of Basilar Artery

Moya Moya Disease

Carotid Artery Dissection

Carotid Artery Stenosis

Fibromuscular Dysplasia

Subclavian Steal Phenomenon

Arteriovenous Malformation

Dural Arteriovenous Fistula

Venous and other vascular malformations

Developmental Venous Anomaly

Cavernous Angioma

Cavernous Hemangioma of Septum Pellucidum

Familial Cavernous Angiomas

Capillary Telangiectasias

Arachnoid Granulations in Venous Sinuses

Venous Sinus Thrombosis

Cortical Vein Thrombosis

Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis

Vein of Galen Malformation

Stroke

Acute Arterial Infarction

Chronic Arterial Infarction

Lacunar Infarction

Watershed Infarction

Dyke-Davidoff-Masson Syndrome

Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL)

Vasculitis

Bechet's Syndrome

Global Anoxic Injury

Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome

Venous Infarction

Brain Death

Intracranial Hemorrhage

Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage

Intraparenchymal Hematoma, Benign vs Malignant

Hemorrhagic Conversion of Infarction

Hypertensive Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage

Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy

Remote Cerebellar Hemorrhage

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Non-aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Superficial Siderosis

Hydrocephalus and Pneumocephalus

Medial diverticulum of Lateral Ventricle

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Non-communicating Hydrocephalus

Shunt-related Complications

Tension Pneumocephalus

Demyelinating Diseases

Multiple Sclerosis

Neuromyelitis Optica

Tumefactive Demyelinating Lesion

Susac's Syndrome

Marchiafava-Bignami Disease

Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis

Acute hemorrhagic encephalomyelitis

Skull Lesions (Non-neoplastic)

Craniosynostosis

Bilateral Parietal Thinning

Intracranial Tumors

Tumors (and Tumor-Like Lesions) of the Scalp, Skull and Cranial nerves

Scalp Metastasis

Fibrous Dysplasia

Paget's Disease

Osteoma

Calvarial Hemangioma

Intradiploic Epidermoid

Ecchordosis Physaliphora

Clival Chordoma

Chondrosarcoma

Neuroblastoma Metastasis

Intraosseous Meningioma

Calvarial Metastasis

Schwannoma

Facial Nerve Hemangioma

Perineural Spread of Tumor

Tumors (and Tumor-like Lesions) of the meninges

Intracranial Meningioma

Intracranial Lipoma

Hemangiopericytoma

Meningeal (Dura and Leptomeningeal) Metastasis

Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis

Lymphoma and Germ Cell Tumors

Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma

AIDS-Related Lymphoma

Secondary Central Nervous System Lymphoma

Intravascular Lymphoma

Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder

Granulocytic Sarcoma

Germinoma

Teratoma

Tumors (and Tumor-like Lesions) of the Sella and Suprasellar compartment

Pituitary Microadenoma

Diabetes Insipidus

Pituitary Macroadenoma

Pituitary Apoplexy

Pituitary Carcinoma

Rathke Cleft Cyst

Sella Miscellaneous: Sheehan's syndrome

Craniopharyngioma

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis of Pituitary Stalk

Lymphocytic Hypophysitis

Hypothalamic Hamartoma

Optic Chiasmatic-Hypothalamic Glioma

Tumors (and Tumor-like Lesions) of the Pineal Gland

Pineal Cyst

Pineocytoma

Pineoblastoma

Papillary Tumor of the Pineal Region

Hemochromatosis

Tumors of Neuroepithelial Tissue

Astrocytic Tumors

Pilocytic Astrocytoma

Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma

Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma

Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma

Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma

Diffuse Astrocytoma

Anaplastic Astrocytoma

Brainstem Glioma

Glioblastoma

Butterfly Glioma

Multifocal Glioma

Gliosarcoma

Gliomatosis Cerebri

Oligodendroglial and Oligoastrocytic Tumors

Oligodendroglioma

Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma

Oligoastrocytoma

Ependymal Tumors

Subependymoma

Infratentorial Ependymoma

Cerebral Ependymoma

Anaplastic Ependymoma

Choroid Plexus Tumors and Other neuroepithelial Tumors

Xanthogranuloma of Choroid Plexus

Choroid Plexus Papilloma

Choroid Plexus Carcinoma

Chordoid Glioma

Neuronal and mixed neuronal-glial Tumors

Lhermitte-Duclos Disease

Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma

Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor

Ganglioglioma

Central Neurocytoma

Embryonal Tumors

Medulloblastoma

Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor

Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor

Treatment-Related Changes of Tumors

Radiation Necrosis

Pseudoprogression

Cysts and Tumor-like conditions

Intracranial Epidermoid Cyst

Intracranial Dermoid Cyst

Colloid Cyst

Choroid Plexus Cyst

Choroid Fissure Cyst

Arachnoid Cyst

Neuroglial Cyst

Intracranial Infections

Prion diseases and Viral Infections

Prion Disease

Herpes Encephalitis

West Nile Encephalitis

Rasmussen's Encephalitis

Cerebellitis

HIV and HIV-related Infections

HIV Encephalitis

Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy

Cryptococcosis

Toxoplasmosis

Immune Reconstitution Syndrome

Bacterial Infections

Lyme Disease

Subdural Empyema

Pyogenic Abscess

Pyocephalus

Listeria Encephalitis

Mycobacterial Infection

Neurosarcoidosis

Parasitic and Fungal Infections

Cerebral Malaria

Parenchymal Cysticercosis

Racemose Cysticercosis

Hydatid Disease

Aspergillus Abscess

Nutritional Deficiencies and Toxins Affecting the Central Nervous System

Wernicke's Encephalopathy

Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Metronidazole (Flagyl)-Induced Neurotoxicity

Hypoglycemia

Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy

Phenytoin Toxicity

Heroin Leukoencephalopathy

Aging, Dementia and Movement-Associated Disorders

Normal Aging

Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalitis

Wilson's Disease

Acquired Hepatocerebral Syndrome

Alzheimer's Disease

Fronto-Temporal Lobar Dementia

Huntington's Disease

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Multiple System Atrophy-Parkinsonism

Multiple System Atrophy-Cerebellum

Vascular Dementia

Motor Neuron Disease (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)

Mild Cognitive Impairment

Hypertrophic Olivary Degeneration

Miscellaneous: Brain

Fahr's Disease

Trigeminal Neuralgia

Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension

Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome

Gradenigo's Syndrome

Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome

Meniere's Disease

Papilledema: Drusen

Acute Denervation Change

Spine and Spinal Cord

Disorders of Spine Development

Disorders of Primary Neurulation

Myelomeningocele

Lipomyelomeningocele

Lipoma, Intradural Spinal

Dorsal Dermal Sinus

Dermoid Cyst

Disorders of Secondary Neurulation (Deranged canalization and retrogressive differentiation)

Tight Filum Terminale with Spinal Lipoma (Tethered Cord)

Lipoma of Filum Terminale

Sacrococcygeal Teratoma

Terminal Ventricle

Terminal Myelocystocele

Caudal Regression Syndrome

Currarino Syndrome

Lateral Meningocele

Disorders (Embryogenic) of the Notochord and Vertebrae

Neurenteric Cyst

Diastematomyelia

Spine Trauma

Fractures and Dislocations

Atlanto-occipital Dislocation

Jefferson C1 Fracture

Hangman's Fracture

Dens Fracture

Unilateral Facet Dislocation

Bilateral Facet Dislocation

Flexion Teardrop Fracture

Hyperextension Teardrop Fracture

Clay Shoveler's Fracture

Chance Fracture

Burst Fracture

Sacral Insufficiency Fracture

Soft Tissue Injury: Ligaments, Cord and Vessels

Repetitive Stress Injury

Hyperextension Dislocation

Central Spinal Cord Syndrome

Brachial Plexus Traction Injury, or Avulsion Pseudomeningocele

Spinal Vascular Malformations: Congenital and Acquired

Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistula

Spinal Cord Arteriovenous Malformation

Cavernous Malformation

Epidural Hematoma

Subdural Hematoma

Spinal Cord Infarction

Cord Myelomalacia

Spinal Tumors

Extradural Tumors

Hemangioma

Osteoid Osteoma

Osteoblastoma

Aneurysmal Bone Cyst

Chondrosarcoma

Chordoma

Neuroblastoma

Ganglioneuroblastoma

Ewing's Sarcoma

Leukemia

Plasmacytoma

Multiple Myeloma

Metastases

Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Intradural Extramedullary Tumors

Meningioma

Plexiform Neurofibroma

Sarcomatous Degeneration of Neurofibroma

Dropped Metastases

Intramedullary Tumors

Spinal Cord Astrocytoma

Cellular Ependymoma of Spinal Cord

Myxopapillary Ependymoma of Spinal Cord

Spinal Cord Hemangioblastoma

Paraganglioma

Melanocytoma

Cysts and Tumor-like conditions

Arachnoid Cyst

Acquired Epidermoid Tumor

Syringohydromyelia

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

Kummel's Disease (Avascular Necrosis of the Vertebral Body)

Spinal Infections

Diskitis and Osteomyelitis

Grisel's Syndrome

Granulomatous (Tuberculous) Osteomyelitis

Septic Facet Arthropathy

Epidural Abscess

Psoas Abscess

Acute Transverse Myelitis

Herpes Zoster Myelitis

Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Arachnoiditis

Cysticercosis

Sarcoidosis

Nutritional Deficiencies and Toxins Affecting the Spinal Cord

Subacute Combined Degeneration

Radiation Myelopathy

Aging, Degenerative Changes, and Inflammatory Arthritides Involving the Spine

Osteoporosis

Steroid-induced Changes

Degenerative Disk Disease

Spontaneous Regression of Disk Herniation

Discogram and its Role in evaluation of Degenerative Disk Disease

Scar versus Recurrent Disk

Baastrup's Disease

Synovial Cyst

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Ankylosing Spondylitis

Post-Treatment Complications

Failed-Back Surgery Syndrome

Instrumentation-placement Complications

Instrumentation Failure

Pseudomeningocele

Vertebroplasty/Kyphoplasty Complications

Miscellaneous: Spine

Basilar Invagination

Prevertebral Tenditis

Idiopathic Cord Herniation

Dural Ectasia

Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Neurofibromatosis Type 2

Marfan Syndrome

Scoliosis

Conjoined Nerve Roots

Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy

Limbus Vertebra

Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis

Scheuermann Disease

Ochronosis

Achondroplasia

Mucopolysaccharidoses

Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis

Charcot (Neuropathic) Arthropathy of the Spine

Epidural Lipomatosis

OPLL

Paget's Disease

Renal Osteodystrophy

Extramedullary Hematopoiesis

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