Infectious Diseases of the Brain and Spine: Parasitic and Other Atypical Transmissible Diseases [0.03%]
中枢神经感染性疾病：寄生虫和其他非常见传染性疾病
Dhairya A Lakhani,Francis Deng,Doris D M Lin
Dhairya A Lakhani
Atypical infections of the brain and spine caused by parasites occur in immunocompetent and immunosuppressed hosts, related to exposure and more prevalently in endemic regions. In the United States, the most common parasitic infections that...
Dhairya A Lakhani,Francis Deng,Doris D M Lin
Dhairya A Lakhani
Advances in treatments of autoimmune diseases, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, organ transplantation, and the use of long-term devices have increased the rates of atypical infections due to prolonged immune suppression. There is a signi...
Pattana Wangaryattawanich,Amy M Condos,Tanya J Rath
Pattana Wangaryattawanich
Spinal infections are a diverse group of diseases affecting different compartments of the spine with variable clinical and imaging presentations. Diagnosis of spinal infections is based on a combination of clinical features, laboratory mark...
Amy M Condos,Pattana Wangaryattawanich,Tanya J Rath
Amy M Condos
Diagnosis of brain infections is based on a combination of clinical features, laboratory markers, and imaging findings. Imaging characterizes the extent and severity of the disease, aids in guiding diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, mon...
John D Comer,Aristides A Capizzano
John D Comer
Inflammatory disorders of the brain and spine have a highly variable MRI appearance, often demonstrating significant overlap in imaging features. The resulting diagnostic dilemma is particularly challenging when considering the more uncommo...
Amit Agarwal,John H Rees,Shyamsunder Sabat
Amit Agarwal
Toxic leukoencephalopathy and myelopathy are common neurologic complications of a wide range of chemotherapeutic and substance abuse agents. During the last decade, there has been a significant change in the profile of white matter toxins, ...
Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders and Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Disease [0.03%]
视神经脊髓炎谱系病和少突胶质细胞糖蛋白抗体相关疾病
John H Rees,Torge Rempe,Ibrahim Sacit Tuna et al.
John H Rees et al.
For over two centuries, clinicians have been aware of various conditions affecting white matter which had come to be grouped under the umbrella term multiple sclerosis. Within the last 20 years, specific scientific advances have occurred le...
Shruti Mishra,Jayapalli Bapuraj,Ashok Srinivasan
Shruti Mishra
Multiple advanced imaging methods for multiple sclerosis (MS) have been in investigation to identify new imaging biomarkers for early disease detection, predicting disease prognosis, and clinical trial endpoints. Multiple techniques probing...
Sonia Gill,Mohit Agarwal
Sonia Gill
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) characterized by relapsing-remitting or progressive neurologic symptoms and focal white matter lesions. The hallmark of the disease is the ...
Ananth J Madhuranthakam,Max Wintermark
Ananth J Madhuranthakam