Chapter 11 – Ictal Events Imaged through SPECT
Chapter 11 Ictal Events Imaged through SPECT Elson L. So , Vlastimil Sulc , Gregory Worrell and Benjamin H. Brinkmann 11.1 Introduction Brain perfusion alterations could conceivably serve as a…
Chapter 5 – Imaging Genetics for Benign Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Chapter 5 Imaging Genetics for Benign Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Antonio Gambardella and Angelo Labate 5.1 Introduction Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) represents the most common type of focal epilepsy in…
Chapter 2 – Experimental MRI Approaches to Study Posttraumatic Epilepsy
Chapter 2 Experimental MRI Approaches to Study Posttraumatic Epilepsy Olli Gröhn and Alejandra Sierra 2.1 Introduction The long-term consequences of a brain trauma and the magnitude of this problem are…
Chapter 1 – Imaging Biomarkers for Febrile Status Epilepticus and Other Forms of Convulsive Status Epilepticus
Chapter 1 Imaging Biomarkers for Febrile Status Epilepticus and Other Forms of Convulsive Status Epilepticus Rodney C. Scott 1.1 Introduction Status epilepticus was originally conceived as the “maximal expression” of…
Summary of clinical pearls
1 Chapter 1 : Fundamentals of neuropathology: introduction to neuropathology and molecular diagnostics a. Classification of glioblastoma i. Microvascular proliferation and pseudopalisading necrosis are pathologic hallmarks of glioblastoma (GBM) and,…
Neurologic complications associated with CAR T-cell therapy
Introduction Immune-based therapies have revolutionized cancer treatment. These agents enhance the immune system’s ability to seek out and attack tumor cells. One such treatment, CAR T-cells or chimeric antigen receptor…
Neurologic complications of immune checkpoint inhibitors
Brief introduction to immunotherapy Immune-based therapies have emerged as a promising modality in cancer treatment. These therapies use the body’s immune system to fight cancer by harnessing the antitumor properties…
Approach to the patient with a delayed posttreatment CNS neurotoxicity
Introduction With significant advances in cancer treatment, both the number of long-term cancer survivors and the complications to which these patients are vulnerable have grown. These complications can involve the…
Approach to chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy
Introduction Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is one of the most common side effects of cytotoxic chemotherapy and presents as a distal, symmetric polyneuropathy ( Table 28.1 ). Rates of CIPN…
Uncommon radiation-induced neurological syndromes
Introduction Cranial irradiation is used in settings ranging from definitive treatment of primary brain and head and neck cancers to palliation of metastatic disease and prophylaxis, as a single modality…
