Instrumentation
, Ali T. Ghouse2 and Raghav Govindarajan3 (1) Parkinson’s Clinic of Eastern Toronto and Movement Disorders Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada (2) McMaster University Department of Medicine, Hamilton, ON, Canada (3) Department of Neurology,…
Clinical Cases
Figure 2.1 The brain CT scan carried out in urgency found hemorrhaging of the left basal nuclei. The patient was therefore given an emergency CT angiography (see Fig. 2.1A–C). The…
Differentiated Decisional Algorithms
, Marco Longoni2 and Simone Vidale3 (1) Department of Neurosciences, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy (2) Department of Neuroscience, Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda…
Diagnosis and Therapy in the Acute Phase of Hemorrhagic Stroke: Latest Developments
, Marco Cenzato2, Francesco Curto3 and Cristina Motto4 (1) Department of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroradiology, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy (2) Department of Neuroscience, Department of Neurosurgery, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano…
Clinical Organizational Pathways for Hemorrhagic Stroke
and Valentina Perini2 (1) Department of Neuroscience, Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy (2) Department of Neuroscience, Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit, ASST…
Neurologic Complications of Radiation Therapy
Site Acute complication (<4 weeks after RT) Early-delayed complications (1–6 month after RT) Late-delayed complications (>6 month after RT) Brain • Acute encephalopathy • Somnolence syndrome • Worsening of pre-existing symptoms •…
Imaging Neurologic Manifestations of Oncologic Disease
Multifocal enhancing lesions Solitary enhancing lesion Solid Metastases Multifocal glioma Lymphoma Demyelination Granulomatous disease High-grade glioma Metastases Lymphoma Medullublastoma Ependymoma Cystic Metastases Infection (bacterial, fungal, parasitic) High-grade glioma Metastases…
Cerebrovascular Complications of Cancer
Fig. 10.1 a Brain coronal section demonstrating a glioblastoma with necrosis and intratumoral hemorrhage, centered within the right anterior frontal white matter. There is prominent mass effect. b Microscopic image in…
Central Nervous System Infections in Patients Receiving Cancer Therapies
Fig. 20.1 A general approach to suspected CNS infection in a patient immunocompromised by cancer and its therapies involves basic blood tests and an urgent imaging procedure, preferably MRI, before directed…
Neurological Complications of Chemotherapy
Acute or subacute encephalopathy Methotrexate Cisplatin Vinca alkaloids Mechlorethamine Procarbazine Cytosine Arabinoside (Ara-C) Fludarabine Gemcitabine Hydroxyurea Pentostatin Chlorambuicil Thiotepa (high dose) Ifosfamide Hexamethylmelamine Cyclophosphamide Etoposide Paclitaxel Docetaxel Doxorubicin (IT administration)…
