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Imaging of Trigeminal Neuralgia
Trigeminal neuralgia is one of the most frequent neuropathy of the cranial nerves, whose prevalence has been reported between 0.03% and 0.3% in the general population.
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A new case of brainstem variant of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: clinical and radiological features
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Apparent diffusion coefficient obtained by magnetic resonance imaging as a prognostic marker in glioblastomas: correlation with MGMT promoter methylation status
To evaluate whether apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values can predict the status of MGMT of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and correlate with overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS).
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Clinical applications of dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion-weighted MR imaging in brain tumours
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with a dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion-weighted imaging (DSC-PWI) sequence to study brain tumours provides information on the haemodynamic characteristics of the neop...
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Open AccessIntracranial hypotension and PRES: a reply
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Open AccessIntracranial hypotension and PRES: case report
We report a case of a woman presenting, 7 days after epidural analgesia for a caesarean section, to the emergency room for a worsening of the headache and tonico-clonic seizures. MRI showed alterations suggest...
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Pre-surgical planning and MR-tractography utility in brain tumour resection
The purposes of this study were (1) to evaluate the possible identification of trajectories of fibre tracts, (2) to examine the useful of a neuronavigation system for pre-surgical planning, (3) to assess pre- ...
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Hypofractionated radiotherapy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy with temozolomide in elderly patients with glioblastoma
Objectives The optimal treatment for elderly patients (age >70 years) with glioblastoma (GBM) remains controversial. We conducted a prospective trial in 43 consecutive elderly patients wi...
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Radiotherapy plus concomitant and adjuvant temozolomide for glioblastoma in elderly patients
Objectives The optimal treatment for elderly patients (age > 70 years) with glioblastoma remains controversial. We conducted a prospective trial in 32 consecutive elderly patients with gl...
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Role of magnetic resonance tractography in the preoperative planning and intraoperative assessment of patients with intra-axial brain tumours
This study was conducted to assess the possibility of identifying precise white matter tracts situated in proximity to intracranial tumours, to define the anatomical and topographical relations between the sam...
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Open AccessNeuroradiology and headaches
Headache is one of the most common outpatient pain conditions encountered in both physician offices and emergency departments. Establishment of an accurate diagnosis, accomplished only by a thorough history fo...
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Open AccessMigraine with aura, bipolar depression, ACM aneurysm. A case report
B.D. is a 48–year–old professional woman. She has been suffering for migraine since she was 28, but she did not have serious problems until last year, when headache episodes became more frequent and it was nec...
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Infections of the Central Nervous System: The Neuroradiologist’s Point of View
Brain infection can be caused by many micro-organisms. The response of the brain is very similar except in cases of immunocompromised patients in which certain micro-organisms that are normally well tolerated ...
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"Relapsing-remitting" bilateral synovial cysts of the lumbar spine. A case report
A case of bilateral synovial cysts is reported. They were shown by MRI first on one side and later, on the contralateral side, concomitantly with a reduction in the size of the cyst. Because spine instability ...
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Non-invasive assessment of neck-vessel pathology
Clinical trials (NASCET, ECTS) have shown that carotid endarterectomy is protective against stroke in patients with symptomatic severe carotid stenosis. To decrease costs and risks, new diagnostic tools have ...
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Recurrent cerebral venous infarcts and superior vena cava obstruction: case report
We report a patient with repeated venous infarcts in the occipital lobe and occlusion of the superior vena cava. The pathogenetic relationships between the superior vena cava occlusion and the brain infarcts ...
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Supratentorial diffuse astrocytic tumours: proposal of an MRI classification
The aim of this study was to obtain an MRI severity-related classification of diffuse astrocytic tumours able to integrate the histological data in the grading of such tumours. We studied presurgical MR image...
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Randomized placebo-controlled trial of mitoxantrone in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: 24-month clinical and MRI outcome
We designed a randomized, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial involving 51 relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients to determine the clinical efficacy of mitoxantrone treatment over 2 years. Patients...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Neuroradiological follow-up in seven patients with idiopathic bilateral striatal necrosis
Idiopathic bilateral striatal necrosis (IBSN) is a heterogeneous neuroradiological pathological group of unknown aetiology. We followed seven patients for a period ranging from 3 to 13 years. In all patients, ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Neuroradiology of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease: a long-term follow-up study
Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) is a leuko-dystrophy linked to an arrest of myelin formation of unknown aetiology. We report a longitudinal study (1–6 years) of seven affected patients. In all patients, MRI...
