Prion Diseases
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…
Viral Infections of the Nervous System
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…
Trauma of the Central Nervous System
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…
Sleep Disorders
© 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,…
Vascular Diseases: Cerebral Hemorrhage
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,…
Inflammatory Diseases of Cerebral Arteries
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…
Classification and Staging of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms
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…
Hyperplastic and Microadenomatous Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Lesions
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…
Radiological Diagnosis of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms
Fig. 2.1 Functioning PanNETs US. Small insulinoma of pancreatic body. Axial scan: hypoechoic mass (calipers) with smooth margins and about 1 cm in diameter, located at the anterior border of…
