© 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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
(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,…
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…
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…
Fig. 5.1 (a–b) Male, 55 years old, affected by traumatic vertebral compression fracture at L1 level (Magerl A1 Fracture) treated by Spine Jack device. (c–h) PA and LL fluoroscopic control after…
