© Springer-Verlag Italia 2015Angelo Sghirlanzoni, Giuseppe Lauria and Luisa Chiapparini (eds.)Prognosis of Neurological Diseases10.1007/978-88-470-5755-5_12 12. Myelin Disorders: Devic’s Syndrome Graziella Filippini1 (1) Scientific Direction, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano, Italy Graziella Filippini Email: gfilippini@istituto-besta.it KeywordsAquaporin-4…
Fig. 10.1 Molecular strain types of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Schematic representation of distinct PrPSc conformers associated with CJD. PrPSc types are identified, based on the different fragment sizes seen on…
Fig. 7.1 Herpes simplex encephalitis, subacute stage. Coronal FLAIR images (a, b) show dishomogeneous hyperintensity in the left temporal medial region and in the left insula. Note the mild enlargement…
Points Description Best motor response 1 No movement 2 Extensor response (decerebrate): elbow extension with pronation and adduction (to local painful stimulus, sometimes spontaneously) 3 Abnormal flexion (decorticate): slow…
© Springer-Verlag Italia 2015Angelo Sghirlanzoni, Giuseppe Lauria and Luisa Chiapparini (eds.)Prognosis of Neurological Diseases10.1007/978-88-470-5755-5_6 6. Sleep Disorders Alessandro Pincherle1 , Giuseppe Didato1 and Flavio Villani1 (1) Clinical Epileptology & Experimental Neurophysiology Unit, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, Via Celoria 11,…
Fig. 2.1 Intracranial hemorrhage in cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Axial and coronal T2- and axial T1-weighted images (a–c) demonstrate a large right intracranial hemorrhage with perilesional edema. Axial T2*-weighted gradient-echo images,…
Fig. 3.1 Age- and sex-adjusted survival of patients with primary central nervous system vasculitis (PCNSV) versus estimated survival of the US white population (p < 0.001) Patients with several bilaterally affected large…
WHO class Definition Grade Mitosis Ki67% I NET G1 <2 ≤2 II NET G2 2–20 3–20 III NEC G3 >20 >20 IV MANEC nd nd nd V Hyperplasia/dysplasia na na…
Fig. 19.1 Multihormonal microadenoma in the MEN1 pancreas immunostained for (a) glucagon and (b) pancreatic polypeptide In MEN1 patients, all somatic cells harbor a heterozygous germline mutation of the MEN1…
