NEUROLOGY
Cannabis (Marijuana)
Fig. 4.1 RCVS in the setting of marijuana use. The patient presented with acute thunderclap headache after smoking cannabis. Coronal MIP MRA (a) performed 24 h after symptom onset demonstrates…
L-Asparaginase (Elspar/Erwinase)
Fig. 21.1 Dural sinus thrombosis and hemorrhage associated with L-Asparaginase. A pediatric patient with newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia presented with generalized tonic-clonic seizures and hemiparesis 14 days after treatment…
Zinc Oxide (ZnO)
Fig. 42.1 Zinc-induced copper deficiency myelopathy. The patient had a history of using large quantities of zinc supplements and subsequently presented with the subacute onset of progressive numbness and paresthesias…
Valproic Acid (Sodium Valproate, Depakote)
Fig. 28.1 Trigonocephaly. Axial (a) and 3D volume-rendered (b) CT images show prominence of the fused metopic suture (arrows) Fig. 28.2 Cleft palate. Axial (a) and coronal (b) CT images…
Temozolamide (Temodar)
Fig. 17.1 Pseudoprogression. A 32-year-old male with right thalamic glioblastoma treated with surgical debulking followed by temozolamide (TMZ) and radiation (XRT). Serial axial FLAIR (a, c, e, g) and T1…
Triple H Therapy
Fig. 39.1 Triple H-associated posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. Axial CT image (a) shows scattered subarachnoid hemorrhage. Follow-up MRI (b–d) shows bilateral posterior cerebral hemisphere cortical and subcortical vasogenic edema 39.4…
Thorium Dioxide (Thorotrast)
Fig. 15.1 Thorotrastoma. The patient is an 82-year-old female with right vocal cord paralysis and a history of Thorotrast extravasation during an angiogram performed in the 1950s. Axial (a, b),…