Lea Alhilali, MD
@teachplaygrub.bsky.social
Senior editor American Journal of Neuroradiology; Associate Editor, Radiographics; Associate Editor, Radiology; Deputy Editor, Clinical Neuroimaging.
I try to make learning neuroimaging and neuroanatomy fun. If I can make you laugh, I can help you learn.
I try to make learning neuroimaging and neuroanatomy fun. If I can make you laugh, I can help you learn.
Are you right when it’s bright?
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
January 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Are you right when it’s bright?
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
Is looking at dementia PETs one of your PET peeves?
Main patterns
🔹AD
Nike swoosh—if you see it, just call it!
🔹DLB
Hypometabolism looks like an L. L=Lewy
🔹FTD
Ant cingulate role makes an f. f=ftd
🔹Posterior cortical atrophy
Anterior temporal sparing makes a C=pCa
🔹Vascular dementia
Wedge shaped Vs
Main patterns
🔹AD
Nike swoosh—if you see it, just call it!
🔹DLB
Hypometabolism looks like an L. L=Lewy
🔹FTD
Ant cingulate role makes an f. f=ftd
🔹Posterior cortical atrophy
Anterior temporal sparing makes a C=pCa
🔹Vascular dementia
Wedge shaped Vs
January 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Is looking at dementia PETs one of your PET peeves?
Main patterns
🔹AD
Nike swoosh—if you see it, just call it!
🔹DLB
Hypometabolism looks like an L. L=Lewy
🔹FTD
Ant cingulate role makes an f. f=ftd
🔹Posterior cortical atrophy
Anterior temporal sparing makes a C=pCa
🔹Vascular dementia
Wedge shaped Vs
Main patterns
🔹AD
Nike swoosh—if you see it, just call it!
🔹DLB
Hypometabolism looks like an L. L=Lewy
🔹FTD
Ant cingulate role makes an f. f=ftd
🔹Posterior cortical atrophy
Anterior temporal sparing makes a C=pCa
🔹Vascular dementia
Wedge shaped Vs
Wish that your knowledge of autoimmune encephalitis was automatic?
Do you feel in limbo when it comes to the causes of limbic encephalitis?
Do you know the causes? Or the other patterns of autoimmune encephalitis?
Here’s a short video and some hints to help you figure it all out!
Do you feel in limbo when it comes to the causes of limbic encephalitis?
Do you know the causes? Or the other patterns of autoimmune encephalitis?
Here’s a short video and some hints to help you figure it all out!
December 26, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Wish that your knowledge of autoimmune encephalitis was automatic?
Do you feel in limbo when it comes to the causes of limbic encephalitis?
Do you know the causes? Or the other patterns of autoimmune encephalitis?
Here’s a short video and some hints to help you figure it all out!
Do you feel in limbo when it comes to the causes of limbic encephalitis?
Do you know the causes? Or the other patterns of autoimmune encephalitis?
Here’s a short video and some hints to help you figure it all out!