Rare brain leak made it feel like my head had exploded

"I felt like my head was going to explode then surprisingly it actually did," said Dr Hard, from Rudry near Caerphilly. She ...
BMJ Case Reports

Anti-AMPA receptor limbic encephalitis as the initial manifestation of metastatic breast cancer

Anti-α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor limbic encephalitis is a rare neurological disorder often associated with malignancies. We present the case of a patient in ...
East Idaho News on MSN

After multiple brain surgeries and a near-fatal setback, a Secret Santa helps single mom rebuild

A local Secret Santa is giving $1 million to deserving people in eastern Idaho this holiday season. Every day, from now until the end of the year, the East Idaho News elves will be delivering gifts ...
jnis.bmj

Clinical and imaging outcomes of cerebrospinal fluid-venous fistula embolization

Background We report outcomes of spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) patients who underwent transvenous embolization of cerebrospinal fluid-venous fistulas (CSFVFs) confirmed on digital ...
rarediseaseadvisor

PCMRI Elucidates CSF Dynamics, Cerebral Blood Flow in Newborns

Researchers assessed the effects of hydrocephalus complicating PIVH on blood and CSF flows among premature infants with hydrocephalus, a potential complication of FNAIT. Phase-contrast magnetic ...
BMJ

Clinical features of genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with V180I mutation in the prion protein gene

1 Department of Neurology and Neurological Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo, Japan 2 Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Research Center, ...
IEEE

A survey of MRI-based brain tumor segmentation methods

Abstract: Brain tumor segmentation aims to separate the different tumor tissues such as active cells, necrotic core, and edema from normal brain tissues of White Matter (WM), Gray Matter (GM), and ...
BMJ

Biopsy-proven PACNS: results from the large, multicentre cohort of cerebral vasculitis patients

Background Reports of primary angiitis of the central nervous system (PACNS) are mainly restricted to clinically suspected cases, but biopsy-proven ones are rare. Here, we present results from a large ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Bewersdorf, J.P., Koedel, U., Patzig, M., Dimitriadis, K., Paerschke, G., Pfister, H., et al. (2018) Challenges in HSV Encephalitis: Normocellular CSF, Unremarkable CCT, and ...

ABSTRACT: Introduction: HSV encephalitis remains a severe illness with a significant risk of morbidity and death. Although HSVE exhibits characteristic imaging findings it can also mimic other ...