Epilepsy Comorbidity
Authors N of patients M/F Age Method Prevalence Schon and Blau (1987) [27] 100 39/61 32 (mean) Interview 18 % Ottman and Lipton (1994) [25] 1,948 40 %/60 % ≥18…
NEUROLOGY
Psychiatric Comorbidity in Migraine and Chronic Headache
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Maria Adele Giamberardino and Paolo Martelletti (eds.)Comorbidities in Headache DisordersHeadache10.1007/978-3-319-41454-6_2 2. Psychiatric Comorbidity in Migraine and Chronic Headache Gianluca Serafini1, Shuu-Jiun Wang2, 3, Dorian Lamis4, Martina Curto5, 6, Paolo Girardi7, Mario Amore1 and Maurizio Pompili7 (1) Department…
Fibromyalgia
1. Widespread pain index (WPI): Note the number of areas in which the patient has had pain over the last week. In how many areas has the patient had pain?…
Sleep Disorders Comorbidity
Sleep Trigger factor for headache (excessive, reduced or disrupted, increased deep sleep) Relieving factor for headache Cause of headache (e.g., sleep apnea) Headache Cause of sleep disruption (e.g., attacks occurring…
CT/X-Ray Guided Techniques in Vertebral Tumors: Embolization
Fig. 8.1 Lateral non-subtracted and subtracted angiograms (a, b) show the course of anterior spinal artery (white arrows) emerging from the cisternal segment of the vertebral artery and descending on…
Spine Biopsy
Fig. 3.1 “Bull’s eye” technique with fluoroscopic guidance: based on a desired anatomical access (in this case right pedicular access to the vertebral body) (a), the fluoroscopic unit is rotated…
Vertebral Lesions: Imaging
Algorithm 1 Algorithm 2 Initial imaging usually consists of plain radiography. This is not very sensitive mainly because of the poor two-dimensional tissue separation due to the complex three-dimensional anatomy…
CT/X-ray-Guided Techniques in Vertebral Tumors: Radio-ablation
(1) Department of Diagnostic and Molecular Imaging, Interventional Radiology and Radiation Therapy, University “Tor Vergata”, Viale Oxford, 81, Rome, 00133, Italy 7.1 Introduction Primary spinal tumors are relatively rare,…
CT-/X-Ray-Guided Augmentation Techniques in Sacrococcygeal Spine Augmentation
Fig. 6.1 Two cases of sacral fragment dislocation related to misdiagnosis. In patient on the left (a), the S4–S5 body of the sacrum has been dislocated anteriorly, due to the…
CT/X-ray-Guided Augmentation Techniques in Cervical and Thoracic Spine
Fig. 4.1 2DMPR coronal reconstruction confirmed needle placement within the lesion Fig. 4.2 2DMPR sagittal reconstruction Preoperative planning requires radiographic studies to define fracture anatomy and assess posterior vertebral body…
