Raise your kids to be like TaylorSwift.
Raise your kids to be like TaylorSwift.
Brain is swimming in CSF!
CSF is key for protection, buoyancy, & hormone/waste transport
Most know basic ventricular anatomy, but not subarachnoid anatomy
How many cisterns do YOU know?
Open this thread for a quick guide to the key midline cisterns & what to know for each!
Brain is swimming in CSF!
CSF is key for protection, buoyancy, & hormone/waste transport
Most know basic ventricular anatomy, but not subarachnoid anatomy
How many cisterns do YOU know?
Open this thread for a quick guide to the key midline cisterns & what to know for each!
Do you just say a lesion is in the inferior frontal region & hope no one asks for details?
It’s time to turn the corner on coronal anatomy
Open this thread for an easy way to remember this frontal anatomy you need to know!
Do you just say a lesion is in the inferior frontal region & hope no one asks for details?
It’s time to turn the corner on coronal anatomy
Open this thread for an easy way to remember this frontal anatomy you need to know!
Bright cortex on DWI is classically anoxic injury
But mimics exist!
6 patterns
-Cortex+deep gray
-Diffuse Cortex
-Focal Cortex
-Limbic
-Deep gray
-WM
Ask 3 ?’s:
-Acute or chronic?
-Acute=metabolic & anoxic. Sz & encephalitis rarer & focal
-Chronic, think CJD
Bright cortex on DWI is classically anoxic injury
But mimics exist!
6 patterns
-Cortex+deep gray
-Diffuse Cortex
-Focal Cortex
-Limbic
-Deep gray
-WM
Ask 3 ?’s:
-Acute or chronic?
-Acute=metabolic & anoxic. Sz & encephalitis rarer & focal
-Chronic, think CJD
5 MAIN INFARCT PATTERNS:
1. Occlusion MCA stem or proximal M1 before lenticulostriates
2. Lenticulostriate artery (LSA) Infarcts
3. Distal M1 after LSAs
4. Superior Division occlusion
5. Inferior division occlusion
5 MAIN INFARCT PATTERNS:
1. Occlusion MCA stem or proximal M1 before lenticulostriates
2. Lenticulostriate artery (LSA) Infarcts
3. Distal M1 after LSAs
4. Superior Division occlusion
5. Inferior division occlusion